Sentence examples for serious devaluation from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, if a serious devaluation is the government's goal, it's going about it in a strangely bumpy and haphazard way.

This does not, however, mean they are not lying in waiting; indeed, almost everyone who thinks the pound should join the euro also seems to think that it can only sensibly do so after a serious devaluation.

A serious devaluation, as opposed to the baby steps taken so far, would re-set the terms of global trade, probably with grim consequences in the rest of Asia.

In 1994, Mexico underwent a severe peso devaluation.

Russian writers failed to fill a linguistic vacuum left by several decades of the devaluation of serious language.

What you've seen is a devaluation of serious journalism in favor of reporters who are able to create a brand identity".

Four years of serious recession, a painful devaluation and a despised 10-month government freeze on savings accounts that effectively confiscated much of their value have combined to push the banks to the verge of collapse.

With oil price dropping to 47 $/bbl, Venezuela has suffered serious inflation and currency devaluations.

Business rotation is part of a healthy economy; however, prolonged phases of devaluation can have serious economic consequences.

Drastic solutions were advocated: devaluation, severe deflation, protectionism.

Inflation would certainly increase the risk of the dollar losing its status as the world's reserve currency, with potentially serious political consequences like competitive devaluations, accusations of currency manipulation, trade wars and maybe worse (as Krugman, an expert in the economics of trade, well knows).