Sentence examples for meltdown means from inspiring English sources

The current financial meltdown means that there are likely to be swingeing cuts in public expenditure for many years to come.

Their horror over even the possibility of a meltdown means that the nuclear-power industry needs constant and aggressive regulation for the public to allow it to stay in business.

"It may seem excessive, but it can actually avoid a tantrum or meltdown," Means says.

Financial meltdown meant the country was forced to seek bailout loans and impose currency controls as foreign investors rushed to sell out of the rapidly devaluing Icelandic króna.

An IT meltdown meant that the best part of a thousand people had failed to receive any notice of where the event was taking place.

RBS/NatWest/Ulster Bank customers The unprecedented meltdown meant millions of customers were unable to see how much money was in their accounts and whether bills had been paid.

The fallout from the autumn's financial meltdown meant the economy shrank by a sharper than expected 1.5% in the final three months of 2008 and the Treasury believes 2009 will see a decline of between 2% and 3% in GDP.

Barring another political meltdown, that means a date for the elections could be set for as early as the end of February.

Elsewhere in the region, too, memories of the 1997 financial meltdown have meant governments are reluctant to leave their banks at the mercy of market forces, even as they pretend to foster vibrant private sectors.For the first time, the two biggest international rating agencies have independently set out to show how much support Asian governments offer their banks.

It was a mess, and it came in the midst of the state's budget meltdown, which meant sharp cutbacks in funding for the district.

He lives in a suburban stretch of undulating, bamboo-filled hills twenty-five miles from the plant, and he was worried about what the meltdowns might mean for the future of Fukushima.