"Maybe we are just buying social peace instability has just as much to do with the well-being of members of parliament as with a deepening of poverty".
The central government's own deficit-cutting plans have fallen behind schedule, as a deepening recession has eroded tax receipts.
The organizers said more female mayors would likely mean more money put toward education and health programs, as well as a deepening public emphasis on quality of life.
In a report released this month, the International Rescue Committee, a crisis relief organization, characterized the situation of the 600,000 Syrian refugees spread across the region as a "deepening humanitarian disaster".
Fannie Mae, the home mortgage company, said yesterday that its third-quarter loss more than doubled, to $1.39 billion, as a deepening housing slump increased mortgage delinquencies.
Like Ms. Mallosi, an increasing number of young college graduates are leaving Greece as a deepening recession chokes a job market already crippled by an entrenched culture of cronyism.
Our correspondent in Athens, Helena Smith, reports: The Greek foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos called an emergency session of top officials today to discuss what many are now describing as "a deepening crisis" surrounding the disappearance of the bishops.
But there are signs that the efforts of Mr. López Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, to revive his political career may be gaining traction, as a deepening recession creates opportunities for his brand of economic populism.
However, some analysts have suggested that the scope of Spain's banking problem, as well as a deepening recession that is quickly pushing up the number of mortgage defaults, would eventually require international lenders to step in, led by the European Union and its European Stability Mechanism.
Mr. Xi has privately signaled that he is aware of increasingly urgent calls from economists, intellectuals and some party insiders for a new round of market liberalization and even measured political relaxation to cure what they see as a deepening economic and social malaise.
