cripple the economy

There's a lot of concern that a war in Iraq will bring higher oil prices and cripple the economy.

But memories are fresh of the 16-year civil war, which killed about one million people and crippled the economy.

The commonwealth's government says that such a change will cripple the economy for years.

The resources it'll consume will cripple the economy of this country.

The sudden loss of their job skills and cash would cripple the economy.

Maybe unprecedented levels of debt will cripple the economy and cause more job loss.

Fuel shortages in the capital are starting to cripple the economy.

Herbert Hoover raised taxes in 1932, and it further crippled the economy.

Combining it with health care reform could cripple the economy."

The depression had crippled the economy and left one in nine Canadians on relief.

By far the most common concern, however, is that the price of carbon emissions will rise too high, and so cripple the economy.

If this persist it could become a more serious concern and really cripple the economy."

Just think of Iceland, whose banks also collapsed in 2008, crippling the economy.

"We're in a credit bubble that is going to cripple the economy," he warned.

The Bush administration, however, said the three-decades-old clean air law is the wrong tool and would cripple the economy.

Last year they even invaded Bangkok's airport for a week, crippling the economy.

On news of his death, the rate dropped to 270-275 with many anticipating an end to a foreign currency crisis that had crippled the economy.

Like many other things, this is about to change – particularly if, as expected, western governments ease sanctions that have helped to cripple the economy.

Work stoppages called by the Bodos have crippled the economy.

A single hit on an American jet would bring commercial aviation to a halt and cripple the economy.

"It is crippling the economy in all of the rivers where we depend on commercial fishing for income," he said.

Hamas also is in the grip of an Israeli siege that has crippled the economy.

Rising health care costs are crippling the economy in Ohio as well as the nation, he said.

The army command has also repeated its call for an end to nationwide strikes that are crippling the economy.

But the reality is just the opposite: creditor-friendly policies are crippling the economy.