"underlying pressure" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe an indirect force or influence that is having an effect on a situation. For example, "The company was feeling the underlying pressure of dwindling profits and mounting debts."
The underlying pressures behind the change, however, have been building for years.
Experts warned that underlying pressures, such as deflation and unemployment, could tip Japan back into recession.
But underlying pressures as reflected in the core index are low.
No reform will see off deep underlying pressures on the budget; when the best that can be hoped for is that scarce funds will be stretched a little further, talk of "saving billions" hits the wrong note.
"The data was collected before the Bank of England reduced interest rates to 0.25%, and so give an indication of some of the underlying pressures that the MPC [monetary policy committee] was responding to when it made this decision," she said.
He's encouraged the builders were confident to take on more staff at such a rapid rate, but is also worried about supply shortages: "Whilst the headline figures this month painted a positive picture, let's not forget about the underlying pressures on building materials and manpower at supplier levels.
And if underlying pressures are not resolved, it will almost become a certainty by 2007.
"The outcome is higher than expected, but in our view, it should not be considered as the harbinger of rising underlying pressures," said Annalisa Piazza of Newedge Strategy.
With the retirement exodus of aging baby boomer executives and managers in Western economies in full flight, the underlying pressures on CEOs to recruit and nurture the right talent will only increase.
