The phrase "affected the path" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe how something has influenced or changed a particular course or direction, whether literally or metaphorically.
Example: "The recent changes in policy have significantly affected the path of our project."
Alternatives: "influenced the course" or "altered the trajectory."
That is, not only did shocks take place that affected long-term growth, but also did short-term measures that affected the path of cycles.
Lastly, one important exogenous factor that is likely to have affected the path of institutions and policies in Argentina is the global economic environment, that is, the potential for international trade and capital flows.
Most such realignments are minor, such as to bypass an old bridge, but some have significantly affected the path of the road.
For example, being classified as able-bodied females from birth has profoundly affected the paths available to us in life and the sort of persons we have become.
Impact by the washing-machine-size probe will not affect the path of the comet, a mountain of an object some 9 miles long and 3.7 miles across, nor break it apart, scientists said.
Other new research suggests that the loss of ice could be could be affecting the path and speed of the jet streams, possibly explaining why extreme weather in the northern hemisphere is lasting longer.
Despite – or perhaps because of – being raised "in a very conservative household, with a small and a capital C", he underwent a political awakening in his teens that was to affect the path of his life.
The scene in the movie, however, does introduce the concept of Coriolis force or the Coriolis effect, which may affect the path of fluids, such as air or water, but this bears some explanation.
Cultures obviously differ, yet those differences, says Fareed Zakaria, managing editor of Foreign Affairs, mainly affect the path and pace at which global capitalism leads to political liberalization from one country to the next.
Other factors like food availability and especially water temperature can also affect the path taken by the sockeye, but Dr. Putman said he was surprised by the degree to which the magnetic fields seem to be controlling the route.
As compared to using Shortest Path (SP) routing, while reducing energy by about 20%, 2DP-SP does not significantly affect the path length of each (sd, td) demand, even for MLU<50%.
