In sum, the structures of the industrial economy are neither agile nor inherently creative and simply do not hold in the digital age.
The precarious state of the economy and fall in industrial production cannot be attributed solely to the financial crisis in Russia.
The railroads were so domineering that the U.S. led the way in the Second Industrial Revolution and its economy boomed.
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It did well shifting from a metal-bashing industrial economy in the 1970s to a high-tech and service economy by the 1990s, just across the river from Manhattan.
The average price realized by Anadarko from its natural gas sales has started to rise after witnessing a steep decline in 2009 due to sluggishness in the global economy that caused a decline in commercial and industrial consumption.
The average price realized by Anadarko Petroleum from its natural gas sales has started to rise after witnessing a steep decline in 2009 due to sluggishness in the global economy that caused a decline in commercial and industrial consumption.
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The debt crisis in Europe has led to fewer industrial shipments of steel and, with the economy showing very few signs of recovery in the near future, we do not believe that shipments will pick up materially over the next year.
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The model of a political economy set up in response to the industrial revolution is now worn out.
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The Dutch economy is the fifth-largest economy in the euro-zone and is noted for its stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable trade surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub.
The data was taken as further evidence of a continued recovery in the world's largest economy, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a fresh record high during the final trading session of the week.
The government should launch "an industrial Olympics" to help encourage sustained growth in the economy, the CBI business organisation has said.
It used to be that silver traded primarily with the outlook for the global economy, as the metal is widely used in a vast array of industrial capacities.
At the outset of that time, the United States redirected the massive industrial resources it had built up to win the biggest war in history into a consumer economy.
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Decisions had to be made on the basis of unreliable data from a sophisticated industrial economy: government statistics in emerging-market economies are often even more unreliable, making the IMF's job that much more difficult.
On the other hand, the same devalued real, that reduced the size of the economy as measured in dollars, is expected to help the country's industrial sector by making Brazilian exports more competitive.
That concern is especially pronounced in Northeast Asia, the industrial heartland of the new global economy, because countries like China can afford to buy the latest military hardware.
The yellow metal is holding up better than most commodities due to its role as a safe haven and alternative currency, while platinum has been hit by worries about industrial demand from the auto sector in a slowing economy.
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Markit said that its latest survey "suggests the underlying health of the industrial sector continues to improve, and rising production will help the economy return to growth in the first quarter, provided there are no setbacks in coming months".
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Here in the thickest part of the industrial revolution, when the private economy was tossing off jobs and opportunity like never before, were scads of former military looking to be lifers behind a government desk.
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This new industrial economy is already evident in those parts of the country embracing the energy revolution, notably Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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At the same time, there were some signs of weaker activity in the country's domestic economy, with slowing growth in industrial production and retail sales.
Milanovic's calls for Italy to revive its industrial sector come as Croatia's economy lingers in the doldrums.
Disappointing figures on industrial production and construction in November have added to fears that the UK economy contracted in the last quarter of 2012.
In the booming economy of the mid-1990s the decidedly unsexy but important industrial gases business was crowded with players that overbuilt capacity on optimistic demand from refineries and semiconductor fabs.
The economy is returning to growth, with sharp rises in exports and industrial production (though unemployment remains high).
South Korea's economy has picked up speed in the first quarter boosted by strong industrial output and government spending.
Like other base metals, aluminum has tumbled from its highs earlier in the year on worries about the strength of the global economy and thus potential industrial demand, particularly as the European sovereign-debt crisis continues.
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Meanwhile, the fall in Germany's stockmarket, which last year was steeper than in any other big, rich economy, has cut the value of their remaining industrial holdings, taking the stuffing out of an old cushion against hard conditions.
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The high tech manufacturing jobs we are creating in the U.S. are ramping up an industrial base that is critical to our economy and national defense.
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Industrial production in the euro zone rose in March, offering hope that the bloc's economy might have grown in the first quarter.
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