Sentence examples for financial brunt from inspiring English sources

Even though a 2006 law made joint custody of children the norm when parents split, Italian courts continue to make mothers the primary caregivers while fathers bear the financial brunt of the separation.

A look back at the Golden State's electricity crisis, when a cautious governor let the state's taxpayers bear the financial brunt of deregulation and was later ousted, suggests that last Tuesday's vote was merely a foreshock of what lies ahead unless President Obama and congressional Democrats step up.

The last two recessions — in the early '90s and in 2001 — produced mass white-collar layoffs, and while the current one has seen plenty of downsized real-estate agents and financial analysts, the brunt is being borne by the blue-collar working class, which has been sliding downward since deindustrialization began in the '80s.

But European financial institutions felt the brunt of the uncertainty on Monday.

Ms. Drew, who helped steer the bank through the financial crisis, received the brunt of the blame.

Financial firms felt the brunt of the bloodbath in the markets on Monday, with Bank of America leading in the sell-off as it confronted renewed fears over its financial health.

Banks have learned to shunt their credit exposures elsewhere in the system mostly, it is thought, to insurance companies and mutual funds.There may be perverse consequences if it is not banks but insurers and mutual-fund investors who bear the brunt of financial pain.

The financial sector bore the brunt of the sell-off.

Financial stocks bore the brunt of the sell-off, with BNP Paribas down 3.0%, to 33.86 euros ($44.89), in Paris, and Deutsche Bank losing 4.1%, to 33.52 euros ($44.89), in Frankfurt.

Cyber crime and cyber wars are adding up: according to a report published jointly between McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the costs of these operations are in the hundreds of billions of dollars – and New York's top industries such as financial services bear the brunt of the losses.

Consumers who qualified for little or no financial assistance felt the brunt of it.