On the other hand employers have driven down the rate of unemployment faster than was thought possible and confidence measures validate the recovery in output.
And our role in this is to build confidence-building measures, to bring about a set of confidence-building measures that would allow both Afghan parties, the government and the Taliban, to demonstrate their seriousness in pursuing the process and eventually begin negotiating.
Consumer confidence and CEO confidence, measures tracked by the Conference Board, dropped 14.7 points (24%) and 12 points (18%) respectively.
India and Pakistan have since February 2010 embarked on a series of confidence building measures and held regular peace talks.
What we said David in our report was we recommended a series of confidence building measures and we said that the timing and sequence of those measures are crucial, that can be decided only by the parties and they must begin that process of decision immediately.
But a series of confidence-building measures has succeeded in making war seem almost inconceivable.
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But of course there is nothing to stop charities taking such confidence-building measures themselves.
That said, the EU and America would almost certainly want to insist on additional confidence-building measures from Iran.
They badly need to undertake the confidence-building measures under discussion within the alliance.
These civilian contacts were seen as confidence-building measures which might in time lead to similar measures at a military level.
And the treaty also includes provisions concerning conversion and elimination, inspection provisions and verification provisions as well as confidence-building measures.
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Under the plan, the week without violence is intended to lead to six weeks of cooling off, followed by confidence-building measures.
"If people don't get reinvested in the idea that peace is possible, it doesn't matter what confidence-building measures you do, " he said.
An agreement to hold talks on nuclear confidence-building measures is especially heartening.
"Our confidence-building measures have encouraged many poor women to come out of the confines of their homes and make Nabanna a roaring success, " Ghosh Ray added.
However, there was increased confidence after strategic measures by regional governments, including the United Arab Emirate's guarantee on bank deposits and Qatar's moves towards supporting its banking system.
There may be confidence-building measures that need to take place.
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These called for an immediate ceasefire, followed by a cooling-off period and a series of confidence-building measures to bridge the gap between the current violence and a resumption of long-term negotiations.
Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri challenged the six countries on that point, telling reporters "what is being referred to as confidence-building measures are actions that both sides ... need to take" simultaneously.
And so immediate, concrete, tangible effects -- we had offered them the possibility, as part of a series of confidence-building measures to move forward with a nutritional aid package, for example.
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Several confidence-building measures have gained momentum since.
Iranian officials have said they are reluctant to start scaling back nuclear activities without a clear guarantee of what they would eventually get if they go beyond the confidence-building measures and address all concerns about their nuclear program.
Now, our starting point is we expect continuity in behavior from the North Korean leadership, but it is also the case that the new leadership has agreed to take specific confidence-building measures, which were announced today, and we view that as a positive step.
On a trip to the region last week, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell got the two sides to agree to complete seven straight days without violence -- to be followed by a six-week "cooling-off period" when the two sides would begin to implement confidence-building measures.
And that's why I think Prime Minister Berlusconi's invitation to the IMF to certify that the reform plan that they put in place is one that they will, in fact, follow is an example of the steady, confidence-building measures that need to take place in order for us to get back on track.
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The Housing Market Index, which measures the confidence of home-builders, plunged to just 17 in June from an already low 22 in May.
And the Housing Market Index, which measures the confidence of home-builders, declined to only 15 in March from an already dismal 17 in February.
Britain's recovery first went seriously "off track" in the final quarter of 2010, some time before the global PMI surveys and other measures of confidence headed down, and well before the eurozone crisis went critical.
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