Cortical control of a prosthetic arm for self-feeding. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)
By the early 1970s, commodity prices started to leap and spawned a self-feeding upsurge. ❋ Unknown (2011)
In the Daily Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard warned that the EU is forcing a "final catharsis" on Greece:The country appears to be in a self-feeding downward spiral that is playing havoc with budget targets, leaving Greece with a Sisyphean task of ever deeper cuts. ❋ Unknown (2012)
He added that the world's central banks had a "very solid unity of purpose" to stop such "second-round" effects, in which broad swathes of workers demand higher wages to offset higher prices for food, energy and other products, starting a self-feeding inflationary cycle. ❋ Geoffrey T. Smith (2011)
Critics of draconian spending cuts at a time of depressed growth say this risks self-feeding fiscal deterioration—slowing output, which shrinks tax receipts, boost welfare costs and creates new budget shortfalls. ❋ Alex Brittain (2011)
As long as there is an incremental buyer, prices keep going up, but at some point everybody who wants to buy a house has bought a house, so when an incremental buyer is not there, the prices start declining and then it becomes self-feeding. ❋ Vitaliy N. Katsenelson (2010)
Are markets stuck in an irrational cycle of self-feeding fear? ❋ Mohamed A. El-Erian (2011)
Big deals often reflect a hot sector, but there is a danger in letting them fuel broad stock-market gains in a self-feeding cycle. ❋ Liam Denning (2011)
Also, in a self-feeding cycle, falling prices trigger foreclosures by pulling homeowners with shaky finances "underwater," meaning they owe more on their mortgages than the property is worth, leading to still lower prices. ❋ Jeff Bater (2011)
The downgrades emphasize the self-feeding downward financial cycle in the euro area. ❋ Stephen Fidler (2011)
It was supposed to prime the pump for sustainable, self-feeding growth -- to bridge the gap from recession to recovery. ❋ Unknown (2010)
These will be hurt by consumer zeal to save and by the self-feeding downward spiral of deflationary expectations. ❋ Unknown (2010)
We're teaching them to be more self-sufficient (e.g., self-feeding, potty training, etc.), but we want them to perform these feats in our time frames and at our pace. ❋ Unknown (2008)
That makes life even tougher for Greece's banks, creating a self-feeding wave of nerves, economists warned. ❋ Katie Martin (2010)
