Meanwhile, measurement controversies continue to cast doubt on actual progress.

The ban on the use of the term spreadable butter and the withdrawal of classic light bulbs from sale had previously come under criticism.

The true measure of the success of the stimulus is not the actual level of unemployment, but what unemployment would have been without the stimulus.

Ahmedinejad argues that outside pressure, not the actual historical experience of total war, keeps the memory of the Holocaust alive in Europe.

A possible counterargument is that Greece has a large informal economy, so its actual GDP is larger than the official figure.

As the Church's effective foreign minister, he helped cover up the repression of Russian Christians, defending the Soviet system to the outside world.

This explains the bizarre de facto alliance between Venezuela, Iran and Belarus, and Venezuela s failed candidacy for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Large current account surpluses and or rising terms of trade imply that the equilibrium real exchange rate (the relative price of foreign to domestic goods) has appreciated in countries like China and Russia.

Thus, over time the actual real exchange rate needs to converge via real appreciation with the stronger equilibrium rate.

The eurozone s difficulties, I have long argued, stem from European financial and monetary integration having gotten too far ahead of actual political, fiscal, and banking union.

If we come here and say, Well, I didn't intend to cause global warming on the way here, and we say, That's not part of my plan, then we realize it's part of our de facto plan.

When the first and second arrows lift actual growth above potential growth, monetary expansion will no longer be able to produce substantial GDP or employment gains.

Given such opposition, an actual revision of Article 9, rather than just a reinterpretation, does not seem feasible, especially while the avowedly pacifist Komeito party remains part of the ruling coalition.

This law defines conflicts of interest'' in such a way that, although the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a media empire cannot be Prime Minister, the man who actually owns that empire can.

The de facto export ban on rare earth elements often referred to as industrial vitamins struck a terrible blow to Japanese companies, which rely on China for 97 of their supply. Among a variety of rare earth elements, neodymium and dysprosium are widely used as a magnetic material for motors in environmentally friendly vehicles and home appliances, while erbium is used as a dopant in optical fibers and cerium as an abrasive for polishing liquid crystal display (LCD) glass.

The economy is contracting so much that the debt GDP ratio is actually increasing, and the actual deficit is improving only marginally, because government revenues are falling along with GDP.

The de facto export ban on rare earth elements often referred to as industrial vitamins struck a terrible blow to Japanese companies, which rely on China for 97 of their supply.

Finally, while Russia has established de facto control of Crimea, it is likely to find itself increasingly embroiled in legal challenges to its presence there.

The negative effect is reinforced by the fact that, because CDS contracts are tradable, they tend to be priced as warrants, which can be sold at any time, rather than as options, which would require an actual default to be cashed in.

The most important feature of that context is that the actual flow of Mexicans entering the US today is not much greater than the overall average figure for the Bracero Program period around 400,000 per year.

Europe s actual economic growth has been quite good and thanks to low gas prices, low real interest rates, solid profits, and strong growth momentum promises to get better before the ceiling is hit and inflationary pressures set in.