The phrase "addressing the underlying problems" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing solutions or strategies aimed at tackling the root causes of issues rather than just the symptoms.
Example: "The new policy focuses on addressing the underlying problems that contribute to employee dissatisfaction."
Alternatives: "tackling the root issues" or "dealing with the fundamental problems."
Addressing the underlying problems will be harder than taking a loan, analysts said.
This is because central banks have not been successful in addressing the underlying problems in Europe's weaker economies, which are growing worse with each passing month.
Another similar project – Pause – is now in rapid development, focusing on addressing the underlying problems of the all too many women who find themselves losing successive children in repeat care proceedings.
Adoption can be wonderful when it's about finding the right family for a child who is truly in need, but it can also be tragic and unjust if it involves deception, removes children from their home countries when other options are available, or is used as a substitute for addressing the underlying problems of poverty and inequality.
With a deficit to attack, the government has responded by cutting the benefit, pinching the poor while not addressing the underlying problems in the market.Lack of new supply, and the soaring prices this has fuelled, mean that renting is becoming more common among people of all classes.
Congress's approval ratings are at historic lows, but few commentators are addressing the underlying problems.
In many respects, they've made a lot of the mistakes that Japan made.' He says the Fed is not addressing the underlying problem - the plunging American housing market and proliferating repossessions.
Addressing the lack of prenatal and primary care, the epidemics of drug and tobacco use, reducing unintended pregnancies, promoting contraception, breast-feeding and "back to sleep" practices are critical parts of the answer, along with addressing the underlying problem of poverty.
They retain the status quo, rarely addressing the underlying problem, and do not create the changes necessary to overcome the threat of hackers.
In general, treatment of a primary dislocation by addressing the underlying problem and replacing the bearing of the same size or slightly thicker is successful, and recurrent dislocation does not usually occur.
"We're just not going to do the typical Washington thing, roll over, increase the debt limit without addressing the underlying problem," he said.
