Credit has dried up, effective demand has shrivelled, the housebuilders are going bust.
Just as well, perhaps: some analysts are worried that the supply of houses is starting to outstrip effective demand.
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"Effective demand response has great potential to lower consumer costs and dampen market volatility, " says Joseph Kelliher, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The ongoing tightening of lending standards, although an appropriate market response, will reduce somewhat the effective demand for housing, and foreclosed properties will add to the inventories of unsold homes.
The most effective approach is to stamp out demand--it is far more effective to kill the message than the messenger or the intermediary.
This has led to increasing demand for effective storage products as well as cloud computing.
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It had to be innovative and user friendly, cost effective, robust on demand analytics, leverage master data and keep pace with the business.
Between now and 2040, fresh water availability will not keep up with demand absent more effective management of water resources.
We have to be a more effective partner in both reducing demand for drugs here in the United States and for stemming the flow of weapons and cash that help to finance and facilitate these cartels.
Are there ways that in a cost-effective fashion we can boost aggregate demand?
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Unlike a developed-market economy, China lacks effective tools to fine-tune demand.
"The government's drug strategy is clear and our balanced approach combines effective enforcement, efforts to reduce demand and the promotion of robust treatment programmes, " he added.
When asked which factors would help their businesses grow, 51% of Democrats surveyed and 49% of Republicans thought increased consumer demand would be most effective. 17% of Democrats thought tax cuts would do the trick.
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Mr Tomlinson says it would specify standards for the new self-regulatory system, to satisfy public demand that it was effective and independent of government, MPs and the newspaper industry - and also incentives to encourage publishers to join the system.
"Much more needs to be done to promote effective global rebalancing, which requires stronger demand in surplus countries and continued progress toward greater exchange rate flexibility, " Mr Lew said.
Earlier this year, the government launched a new dollar auction system, which complements existing state-run currency channels, in a bid to pump more hard currency into the private sector, but economists have so far questioned how effective the mechanism will be in satisfying demand.
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In an open letter to the social media giant, the groups demand "swift, comprehensive and effective action addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook" and say they are also asking Facebook users to contact companies whose adverts appear around the offending content.
Nike has an established global presence and has consistently maintained strong demand for its products through innovation and effective marketing.
Casey Institute's work in the emerging field of capital markets-related transparency and security, champions of effective action against the Khartoum government have begun to demand that access to the U.S. capital markets be denied to foreign firms that operate in Sudan's energy sector.
The absence of effective international regulation also allows middlemen to profit from the demand for children to adopt.
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Of the latter, the Center believes two are so egregious as to demand presidential rejection of this bill: the effective termination of the MILSTAR communications program and the wholly inadequate funding and legislative hamstringing of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
Reinert, national manager for Toyota's advanced technology group, suggests that an on-demand, personal rapid transit system might be just as effective and no more costly than self-guided cars.
After all, few companies can boast that their CSR efforts are almost entirely driven by employee demand, which is the most genuine, sustainable and effective kind of corporate philanthropy of all.
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And if share prices do fall further, or if demand in America slows abruptly for some other reason, effective remedial action is still possible: the Fed could cut interest rates (as it did, too much so as it turned out, after the stockmarket crash of 1987) or Congress could cut taxes.
While rare earths are expensive to use in producing several products used daily, the drop in demand does not come from an alternate substance that can be as effective for a fraction of the cost.
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To be fully effective, this online training would include advice on what skills are most in demand for different jobs and how to leverage skills learned outside of work to open up new career opportunities.
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We are seeing more markets rebound with decreases in vacancy rates and increases in effective rents making it tougher to find a great deal, especially in areas where demand outweighs supply.
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When asked about bringing iPlayer to Windows Phone, the corporation's on-demand honcho, Daniel Danker, responded by saying it's not cost-or-time effective for the system -- thanks to a lack of support for HTTP Live Streaming.
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Web-based instruction for teachers is one of the most important because it can be an extremely cost-effective way to train new teachers, and it may be the only way we can possibly fill the huge demand for qualified teachers.
"Higher prices at peak times might make a difference to demand at the margin but would for the most part be a tax on commuters who have no effective choice over how or when they travel, " the MPs said.
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