Sentence examples for pressure to spur from inspiring English sources

The Fed has faced political pressure to spur lending.

Still, those surpluses Mr. Gore and George W. Bush argued about all year could dissolve overnight if Congress comes under pressure to spur the economy.

Under pressure to spur the economy, the Indian government has introduced a series of economic reforms since mid-September, including raising the price of fertilizer and diesel, further opening the retail sector to foreign investment, and allowing foreign investment in the insurance, pensions and aviation sectors.

Today, Afghanistan is facing similar pressure to spur economic development.

But as the two-day European Union summit drew to a close on Friday, stimulus-weary heads of state seemed increasingly keen to put Trichet in the spotlight as pressure to spur growth built up.

Now we need to create international pressure to spur faster change.

Environmental groups often use lawsuits as a pressure tactic to spur the government to enforce the Clean Water Act.

Self-deportation is not working," he said, referring to policies advocated by some lawmakers to increase enforcement pressure on illegal immigrants to spur them to leave voluntarily.

Chris Hicks, an organizer at Jobs With Justice's Debt-Free Future Campaign, said his group hopes to increase pressure on the Education Department to spur servicing reforms that would avoid needless student loan defaults.

Therefore, it makes sense to use education to spur public pressure for such a change in US policy.

Sexual assault survivor activists have used the Education Department's public list of Title IX cases to spur community pressure on schools to make reforms and prioritize sexual violence, Peterson said.