"Nevertheless, stronger-than-expected loan growth in 1Q09 suggests that the stimulative effects from government pump-priming are materializing sooner than expected, and our forecast of 5% year-on-year real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2009 already poses upside risk to our current full-year 2009 growth forecast of 5.5%." Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slid 0.5%, or 69.07 points, to 14,928.97.
A further decline in the trade-weighted dollar and subsequent rise in import prices pose another upside risk.
"Disruptions to the supply of oil, for example from Iran or Nigeria, could pose an upside risk to the inflation outlook," he said.
For no extra charge, he'd flip your kid upside down, pose with your pets, and flash the "Naughty" and "Nice" tattoos inked along his forearms for the camera.
Do an upside down pose on your bed for 2 minutes.
Hunter's upside-down pose reminded me of another classic and much-viewed baseball postseason dive — Mickey Mantle's belly slide back into first base under the tag of Rocky Nelson that allowed the Yankees to tie Game 7 of the 1960 World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the top of the ninth.
(She said her upside-down pose was prompted by the photographer, who complained that with the profile's theme of "leadership coming in unconventional forms," the standard "First Lady in this chaise lounge" pose wasn't working).
My AcroYoga session with Dylan ended with me precariously balanced on his feet, in an upside-down wheel pose.
If anyone posed beside an upside-down pitchfork, there would be skyscrapers in the background, not a small white house.
Their upside may be smaller, but they pose less of a risk.
