The word "decouple" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used as a verb when talking about separating or disconnecting two things. For example: "The company decided to decouple their services in order to better focus on the individual goals of each division."
Kim said: "You can have growth that will protect the planet and decouple carbon emissions from growth.
Education secretary Nicky Morgan has come under intense pressure to revoke government plans to decouple AS and A-levels, amid warnings of "near-unanimous" opposition to the move from across the entire education sector.
BEFORE the global financial crisis, emerging economies like China aspired to "decouple" themselves from the rich world, hoping that local demand and regional trade would sustain them even if Western markets faltered.
Li Xiaochao, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics, admitted the impact of the global financial crisis has been far worse than the government's had expected.And China is usually regarded as the country which, thanks to the buoyancy of domestic demand, is more likely than most to have managed to "decouple" itself from the recession gathering pace elsewhere.
Bond yields rose and stocks fell, stoking fears that Spain's attempt to "decouple" itself from the problems of other peripheral euro-zone countries may be in trouble.
JPMorgan estimates that emerging Asia's GDP has grown by an annualised 7% in the second quarter.Asia's ability to decouple from America reflects the fact that the region's downturn was caused only partly by the slump in American activity.
"We have done a lot of work on how to decouple government revenues from the oil price," says Martin Skancke, head of asset allocation for Norway's Ministry of Finance, shortly before boarding a plane bound for Bolivia.
Candover reportedly tried to find a buyer for itself, but talks fell through.In this section The odd decouple Wiggle room The smoking greenhouse gun Divvying up returns Digging in Candover and out A tamer casino War footing ReprintsDespite its odd structure, the news of Candover's closure is still chilling for others in the industry.
One route could be to set up "personal accounts" carried from job to job, which would decouple a worker's pension from the fortunes of any one employer.
Big Japanese manufacturers now report insufficient production capacity for the first time since 1991 and plan to increase capital spending by 17% in the year to March.Another reason for believing that Asian economies can decouple from an American downturn is that most of them have small budget deficits or even surpluses.
Inflation expectations soar and the central bank loses control of prices.In this section The odd decouple Wiggle room The smoking greenhouse gun Divvying up returns Digging in Candover and out A tamer casino War footing ReprintsMr Leeper's warning resonates with central bankers, many of whom are calling for fiscal austerity even as they keep their own feet to the floor.
