Worsened Quotes

While Alberta continues to set the standard for fiscal performance in Canada, B.C. has significantly improved and is quickly catching up. At the same time, Ontario's fiscal performance has worsened in terms of government spending, taxation, and debts and deficits. - Niels Veldhuis

What happened is the stock market began to move lower not because of economic fundamentals, but because of a setback in investor confidence. This huge evisceration of wealth is being seen as a leading indicator of the economy. Against that backdrop, CEO perceptions of the economy's potential have worsened. - Bill Sullivan

We'd like to play the role of bridging between China and the United States and playing the role of pragmatic balancer -- to tell China there are ways to get out of this worsened relationship with the United States. - Kuniko Inoguchi

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. - Jacques Delors

This has happened since the arrival on the scene of councils run by the MDC. But, in every case, I can confidently say the allegations are just trumped up. We are now two years down the line of the commission in Harare but the situation in Harare has not improved, instead it has worsened. - Trudy Stevenson

They took it off completely. Our needs have not changed. They've only worsened. What will they do, put it back on the plan on 2012 when the school is crumbling? - Regina Underwood

The upward revision results from the slightly lower than previously estimated trade deficit. We've already seen in July data that trade deficit has worsened in the third quarter. - Mark Vitner

The strain, which Martyn sustained in his elbow during his long innings in the third test against South Africa, has worsened after the first test. - Philip Pope

The spike in energy prices is another major factor changing the direction of the economy, worsened by a decline in confidence by both consumers and chief executives. - Ken Goldstein