However, this mechanism raises imbalance-settlement tariffs for all unbalanced gas network users, even if the major source of unpredictability is a clearly identifiable shipper.
Strategists in both parties said that the fund-raising imbalance showed that Democrats, and their donors, are more energized this year as they battle to reclaim the White House after nearly eight years of Republican rule.
Anyhow, among other things, Romney called for fixing part of the long-term Social Security imbalance by raising the retirement age.
Chaired by two of the authors of the Science editorial (Carlos Duarte and Carlo Heip), the World Congress on Marine Biodiversity marked a clear effort to address this imbalance, by raising the profile of marine biodiversity research and the networks that support it.
In fact, expansion is far more likely to end prematurely if inflation gets out of control and imbalances widen, raising the risk of a hard landing.
And if by pricking a bubble a central bank causes a recession, that may still be better than the alternative of letting financial imbalances worsen, raising the spectre of a much deeper recession when the bubble eventually does burst.
With four teams competing for the Leaders Division title and its berth in the Big Ten championship game, and six teams battling for the Legends Division's berth, the competitive imbalance raises the question of whether the Big Ten ought to change its criteria for selecting teams for the conference championship.
To give a sense as to the magnitude, the IMF in its monitoring role of global macroeconomic imbalances raises alarm bells when a current account deficit reaches 6% of GDP.
Imbalances raise problems of equity (services not being available according to needs), of efficiency (surpluses/shortages) and of effectiveness of services, let alone of satisfaction of users.
"By raising pay, Germany would help reduce economic imbalances in Europe", Mr Schauble said.
Simply forcing people to attend to any apparent imbalances is a forceful way of raising awareness.
