"This is clearly an unintended consequence, " CFPB Director Richard Cordray said at a congressional hearing Thursday.
That investors are pursuing high yields is perhaps one unintended consequence of the global financial crisis.
The unintended consequence was that, from that point forward, I considered her a short-timer.
Righting a historical wrong was not without the unintended consequence of minimizing the risk.
The obesity and diabetes epidemic is surely an unintended consequence of these food based incentives.
This had the unintended consequence of dramatically increasing the influence of the patent bar over patent law.
He replied that there was no business logic, it was an unintended consequence of his incentive plan.
The unintended consequence of it not needing TARP funds was a major positive publicity and branding event.
This obviously hurts U.S. competitiveness and has the unintended consequence of encouraging foreign companies to buy up ours.
However, it also has the unintended consequence of incentivizing further profit loss of international firms to their foreign counterparts.
Certainly this strategy cuts costs and improves product quality, but it has another unintended consequence: it nurtures corporate complacency.
The schedule is the unintended consequence of a hodgepodge of habits and coincidences.
Mr. Rhodes believes it's an unintended consequence of how musicals are made now.
An unintended consequence of this thriftiness is that economists are not equipped to understand the behavior of highly-indebted people.
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The next unintended consequence is the mandate that insurance companies cover children under age 19 without screening for pre-exisitng conditions.
And Sarbanes Oxley had the unintended consequence of putting a lot of companies under pink sheets so they became non-reporting.
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They say it is the unfortunate but unintended consequence of what have otherwise been very successful efforts to improve air quality.
And the unintended consequence of this simple discipline will make you a more thoughtful person in every area of your life.
An unintended consequence of our global, connected world is that customers, clients, partners, and colleagues expect immediate responses to their demands.
Banning boxing and other forms of violent entertainment like video games and movies could have the unintended consequence of increasing actual violence.
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One unintended consequence was to increase the pressure on candidates to start campaigning earlier, because they needed to become known among voters.
Could a transaction tax have a similar unintended consequence for American banks?
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The unintended consequence of ObamaCare will be a backlash against couch potatoes who drive up health care costs for the rest of us.
An unintended consequence of the Netflix challenge though is more knowledge on how we think and act together, as well as more recommendation engines.
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The Metropolitan Opera's foray into dynamic ticket pricing this season had an unintended consequence: After the company hiked prices for many seats, attendance dipped.
Ironically, the disappearance of old Harlem was in part an unintended consequence of the long and eventually successful struggle by African-Americans for civil rights.
An unintended consequence is that we go out into the world market to buy the things we need while locking up our own raw materials.
The creation of the Federal Circuit had another unintended consequence, too.
But the filing of the suit could have another, unintended consequence.
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The unintended consequence is it will bury small businesses in paperwork.
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