Sentence examples for crisis setting from inspiring English sources

Oh, and it only postponed the debt ceiling crisis, setting the stage for further extortion attempts.

If you face a housing crisis, setting guidelines for minimum unit sizes is not the answer.

The first is whether the decisions adopted in London can resolve the global financial and economic crisis, setting the world economy on track to sustainable growth.

WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday that he would insist that tax increases on affluent Americans be part of any agreement to avoid a year-end fiscal crisis, setting up a possible confrontation with Congressional Republicans who say they will oppose a rise in tax rates for the rich.

SOME parents and school officials who have sifted through recent court papers regarding state aid to the Abbott districts have a nagging question: Is the state, in the face of a continuing budget crisis, setting the stage for much larger cuts next year?

WASHINGTON — In the span of a month, the nation's biggest banks and investment firms have twice won passage of measures to weaken regulations intended to help lessen the risk of another financial crisis, setting their sights on narrow, arcane provisions and greasing their efforts with a surge of lobbying and campaign contributions.

And often, the initial crisis sets off a chain reaction of other crises.

Can the economic crisis set in motion in 2008 be explained by the inability to innovate and upgrade production?

But as the global economic crisis set in some of this growth proved tenuous.

The nuclear crisis set off by the tsunami has added to the human and economic toll.

Then, as the 2008 financial crisis set in, rents, instead of going up, went down.