economic issue

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicandissue

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeconomic issue

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The first is a directly political andeconomicissuethat concerns questions about the ownership and control of how buildings will be produced and used.
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The exploitation of these bureaucratic channels did not mean that conscription was simply accepted as a privateeconomicissuefor individual families, however.
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The complaints appeared to be more of aneconomicissuethan anything else.
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Individual freedom to exercise control over resources is not just aneconomicissueto most advocates; it is a moral and political value as well.
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That is a simpleeconomicissue.
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The criticaleconomicissueis whether households can maintain current living standard without relying on temporary measures that cannot be sustained indefinitely, such as borrowing money or spending savings.
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It is no longer just aneconomicissue; it has taken on an ethical dimension.
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He is terrified of his own party and incapable of providing leadership on the most vitaleconomicissuefacing this country.
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The political issue, the food issue, theeconomicissue, are all bound up together.
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It is argued mat this is mainly a political rather than aneconomicissue.
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You said that it was a legal andeconomicissue.
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The issue must not be treated as a question of public order or a matter for repression, but exclusively as a social andeconomicissue.
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I shall put the fundamentaleconomicissueinto context—it sometimes goes by default, but it seems worth stressing.
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Theeconomicissuehas been raised again and again in the past as an excuse for longer hours and a reduction of wages.
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A number of amendments were moved in another place about whether it was a significanteconomicissueor of significant national interest.
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This is a social as well as aneconomicissue.
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This is a political as well as aneconomicissue.
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We cannot stand aside from this important moral, social andeconomicissue.
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Here is aneconomicissuein which there is no formula involved.
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