Sentence examples for ballooning gap from inspiring English sources

Researchers in the physical sciences need an immediate and significant budget boost to close a ballooning gap with biomedical research, a high-profile White House advisory panel said yesterday.

But the policies he championed gelled into a Chongqing model which appealed to China's "new left" and created a political pole for those looking to overcome the ballooning wealth gap and social costs of China's breakneck development.

LISBON — Portugal sold more bonds than initially planned Wednesday — at a lower borrowing cost than the previous similar issue — suggesting markets were becoming more confident after the country outlined its strategy to cut a ballooning fiscal gap.

For the mayor, the issue is about seizing control of a rich pot of resources as he faces ballooning budget gaps.

California finance officials say the state is facing a shortfall of roughly $7 billion for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30, and several estimates have that gap ballooning to between $10 billion and $20 billion the next fiscal year.

And as the Institute for Fiscal Studies report this week shows, the gender pay gap balloons after women have children.

The nation's trade gap ballooned by $18.9 billion, further dragging down the economy's growth rate.

The visible-trade gap ballooned to a record $244 billion in the year to November (see chart 2).

In January 1983, the state's budget gap ballooned to $1.8 billion, which was largely seen as a result of the spending increases.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies IFSS) also found that the gap balloons after women have children, raising the prospect that mothers are missing out on pay rises and promotions.

Business, technology and wealth news: Trade Gap Balloons By 10% To Record.