Sentence examples for offsetting the effect from inspiring English sources

Rising house prices have boosted consumer spending by making people feel wealthier, offsetting the effect of falling share prices.

On the other hand, the strong currency is helping to temper inflation in the euro area by, for example, offsetting the effect of dollar-denominated oil prices.

Economic reforms could do a lot to make "old Europe" a more attractive place for investment, offsetting the effect of ageing societies.

The government's statistics agency said the unemployment rate edged up to 10.6percentt last month, from 10.5percentt in October, as more people began looking for work, offsetting the effect of increasing job creation.

Indexation, in fiscal policy, a means of offsetting the effect of inflation or deflation on social security payments and taxes by measuring the "real value" of money from a fixed point of reference, usually a price index.

At the same time, the subsidy reduced hourly earnings of industrial workers by 2percentt, just offsetting the effect of the increase in hours on earnings.

These genes can greatly contribute to plant adaptation and survival in adverse conditions through offsetting the effects of mutations.

He said the two-month arrangement effectively "shrunk the hotel," to 1,700 rooms from 1,950 and offset the effect of cancellations by nervous travelers.

An increase in transport prices partially offset the effect.

It turned out that reducing sunlight offset the effect of CO2 both regionally and seasonally.

This was perhaps to offset the effect of the startling bandages that covered some of it.