They also didn't agree on any consequences if a country's policies were seen as distortive. ❋ Damian Paletta (2011)
But Chinese officials nearly torpedoed the seemingly technical agreement by rejecting efforts to include "exchange rate" as a specific "indicator" of distortive policies. ❋ Damian Paletta (2011)
And the Economists can say this isn't distortive, because anyone who pays less than $12 per hour is imposing social costs which are picked up by the government. ❋ Unknown (2009)
That is a difference in degrees; and collective action in the private sector can often be very distortive and hard to escape. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Moreover, the level of the fines disregards the economic hardship that the air cargo industry has suffered, and will have a distortive effect on the level playing field, the company said in a statement. ❋ Alessandro Torello (2010)
The distortive power of such highly concentrated funds on specific legislative causes cannot be overstated, and it is influence dispersed citizens and small business owners cannot match. ❋ Stuart Whatley (2010)
Knowing yourself is not a mystical notion, it is entirely practical, but it is not easy because of the distortive effect of our thoughts and belief systems. ❋ Unknown (2010)
After all, if the economy really is recovering, zero interest rates could quickly become distortive. ❋ David Reilly (2010)
But I will suggest that if that is the case, you will inevitably misunderstand the Bible through that very distortive prism. ❋ James F. McGrath (2010)
Measures so far taken by Beijing to contain credit growth and asset bubbles, including the restrictions on the property sector and quotas on total bank lending, "tend to create volatility and uncertainty on financial markets, are distortive, and sit oddly with efforts to make banks more commercially oriented," the report said. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Until a level of reciprocal transparency is achieved, examining the impact of arbitrage strategies of domestic traders on the price of oil and oil products traded on offshore exchanges and how their distortive pricing impact on the domestic market can best be neutralized. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Her deliberately distortive statement on President Obama's health care plan, in which she again exploits her son Trig, is just the latest rhetorical IED detonated by an increasingly unhinged right-wing insurgency. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Oh, so what you're saying is that the Clinton campaign should take what's reported in the DrudgeReport as something that they must take seriously and as non-distortive even before they have any idea what really went on? ❋ Unknown (2009)
