But the real heart of the optimal currency idea is will the economies react asymmetrically to an external economic shock?

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However, a study by the Bank for International Settlements finds clear evidence that currency markets react asymmetrically to economic news about the euro.

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There is one huge glitch in the cabin, however: The left-central air vent is situated asymmetrically in the dash, crowded to the right by the instrument binnacle.

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The type of global warming science reported to the public grows asymmetrically, with alarming evidence receiving far more exposure than evidence for more modest changes and impacts, or, climate-as-usual.

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First, it would change the widespread market perception that the Fed responds to asset prices asymmetrically, cutting interest rates if share prices fall sharply but never raising them when share prices climb.

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Strangely, they diminish, rather than intensify, the spatial drama, which is undoubtedly why Degas chose to create the space of his finished painting more succinctly, abruptly contrasting the figure, asymmetrically placed at the upper left of the canvas, with the arena's upper reaches.

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The problem with demanding this gap be closed in Wales in the near future is that it assumes, politically and financially, that Barnett reform can somehow be done asymmetrically, that is, a fundamentally different formula can be applied in Wales as compared with other parts of the UK who do very nicely out of the current arrangements, thank you very much.

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