The severity of China's inventory overhang has been carefully masked by the blocking or adjusting of economic data by the Chinese government — all part of an effort to prop up confidence in the economy among business managers and investors.
Green denied he was preying on a crippled investor, and said that the deal could help prop up confidence on Britain's high street, which is facing a recession.
There is little that the government can do to bring down oil prices in the short term or to prop up consumer confidence.
Ben van Beurden, the Shell chief executive, was on a media blitz last week trying to prop up sagging confidence in his ability to keep paying blue-chip dividends while expanding his empire at a time of very low oil prices.
Prop Tom Court takes confidence from the fact that the squad comprises "plenty of experienced internationals who have played in big games".
Such an arrangement could allow the SNP to vote down significant parts of a Labour Government's legislative agenda while keeping it propped up through confidence motions.
[C4.] Thailand to Cut Fuel Subsidies but Raise Wages Backed into a corner by rising oil price rises and falling economic growth, the Thai government announced measures aimed at propping up consumer confidence and curbing fuel consumption.
Wall Street and the world's central banks are, apparently, "enemies of gold," holding gold prices down in order to prop up people's confidence in the paper-money system.
Robust home values, up 26percentt nationally over the five years through June, have helped prop up wavering consumer confidence and supported the spending that has kept the economy barely growing.
I don't care what they taught you in journalism school to prop up your professional confidence.
The stakes If the Tories cannot form a coalition and have no majority, they might try minority government, perhaps propped up by a "confidence and supply" agreement with the Lib Dems and/or others.
