Indeed, this construction is a timely offset to the economic problems presented by the drilling downturn.
If asset prices have been propped up by low real rates, then a rise in rates will be bad news for stockmarkets.McKinsey suggests that governments should try to offset the problem by offering tax breaks to encourage saving.
Once refugees are more established, and able to join Germany's workforce, they could help to offset the problem of its rapidly ageing population – if the country's policymakers can successfully navigate the considerable social and political challenges of absorbing such a large influx.
Garza said that the school system aims to offset the problem by providing schools with higher populations of poor students, such as Mount Vernon, with other forms of funding.
Christie said he did not question that human activity plays at least a partial role in warming the planet: "I've always said that climate change is real and it's impacting our state". But he said that he and his staff believe the regional program would do little to offset the problem.
Market reforms, which were intended in part to offset the problem of low salaries, have increased inequalities, as well as creating a number of problematic incentives, such as supply-induced demand (for high tech equipment and drugs).
Too often the motive for CSR derives from public relations, not morality.Arnold Brown ChairmanWeiner Edrich, BrownNew YorkA general theorySIR – You suggest that the manipulation of credit (monetary policy) may have to be accompanied by a fiscal stimulus to offset the problems besetting the American economy (Economics focus, January 26th).
This incision is specially designed to offset the problems routinely faced in brachioplasty.
The chief executive of Marsh & McLennan, Jeffrey W. Greenberg, has relied on the stability of Marsh's insurance business to offset the problems at Putnam.
The first-quarter automotive performance was not nearly strong enough to offset the problems at GMAC.
