Sentence examples for be a sharp rise from inspiring English sources
Once consumers' confidence picks up, there could be a sharp rise in spending.Another difference between America and Europe is that, during the slowdown, employment has held up better in the euro area than in America.
Another shock would be a sharp rise in mortgage defaults -- caused by a spike in oil prices, for example, or another hit to consumers' budgets -- that could lead banks to cut back on lending and lead home prices to fall.
According to Neil Austin of KPMG, an accounting firm, the biggest threat to the merger wave happening would be a sharp rise in interest rates or a sudden decision by banks to reduce lending, both of which would hit private-equity firms particularly hard.
The promised increase in crude production from OPEC and an increase in global production capacity expected late this year may not be timely enough to alleviate what is expected to be a sharp rise in domestic heating oil prices this winter.
Fears are growing that there will be a sharp rise in tensions in the South China Sea in the next few weeks after an international tribunal delivers a ruling on disputed islands and reefs that Beijing has said it will reject.
Ridiculous, we know, but the end result would be a sharp rise in the unemployment rate and real damage to many businesses.
There has been a sharp rise in foreign debt.
The result was a sharp rise in financing costs.
Against the background of a world recession, the result was a sharp rise in unemployment.
In both countries we have evidence that there has been a sharp rise in underemployment.
