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Last year, total CO2 emissions from the energy sector remained unchanged year on year for the first time (in the
absence
of an economic downturn).
The
absence
of “no money down” mortgages might be more important than Confucian ethics in explaining China’s high savings rate.
Down the ages, the appearance of those with the disease, and the
absence
of a known cure, contributed to the fear that it caused – and thus to the stigmatization of its sufferers.
An
absence
of elections certainly implies an
absence
of democracy.
Most dangerous of all, a struggling China could be tempted to turn to foreign adventurism to placate a public frustrated by slower economic growth and an
absence
of political freedom.
If a fully-fledged fiscal union had emerged in 2008, the
absence
of EU immigration would have denied the Brexiteers a powerful rallying cry in 2016.
In the
absence
of such common policy, the EU and its leading members will remain in the second league of world-class players for the foreseeable future.
In the
absence
of a change of heart by our political leaders, the power of prayer may be our only recourse.
In the
absence
of new initiatives by all parties, things are likely to get worse.
Likewise, we all heard Al Gore talking about the dramatic hurricane years of 2004 and 2005, but we’ve heard almost nothing about the complete
absence
of hurricane damage in 2006 and 2007.
The insurance company Lloyds of London has now begun to fret that the
absence
of natural disasters is putting a squeeze on its premiums.
So it is not debt restructuring, but its absence, that is “immoral.”
But I also noted that there is no reason to think that, in the
absence
of the legislation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Bush administration would have asserted sweeping new authority over derivatives and pointed to the legal certainty problem that career lawyers thought was important to address.
The Democracy ParadoxPARIS – Elections stolen in Iran, disputed in Afghanistan, and caricatured in Gabon: recent ballots in these and many other countries do not so much mark the global advance of democracy as demonstrate the
absence
of the rule of law.
In the medium term, the
absence
of the rule of law constitutes the most serious problem for the countries in question.
They contend that the
absence
of serious international efforts to reduce emissions, the cyclical nature of petroleum markets, investors’ short time horizons, and the fact that most oil assets are state-owned make it unlikely that policies to mitigate climate change will have an impact on oil prices.
Many people attribute these failures partly to an
absence
of American leadership.
Money does not go to the Cayman Islands because sunshine makes it grow faster; this money thrives on the
absence
of sunshine.
Its execution, however, was crippled by its very narrow scope for application, the
absence
of corresponding laws governing corporate restructuring, excessive government intervention, incompatibility with the policy-based bankruptcy procedure then in place, technical errors, and a general inability to make the code operational.
Even without hot-money inflows, the renminbi’s exchange rate would face upward pressure, owing to the
absence
of corresponding outflows to finance the trade (saving) surplus.
In the
absence
of rebalancing, any one of several potential tipping points could seriously compromise the economy’s ability to pull off another soft landing: deteriorating credit quality in the banking system; weakening export competitiveness as wages rise; key environmental, governance, and social problems (namely, pollution, corruption, and inequality); and, of course, foreign-policy missteps, as suggested by escalating problems with Japan.
In the
absence
of a backstop for emerging-country finances, the doomsday scenario of a protectionist vicious cycle reminiscent of the 1930’s could no longer be ruled out.
In the
absence
of global citizenship, it may be best to retain the principle that citizenship is not to be revoked without a judicial hearing.
The so-called temporary effects in terms of displaced native workers and lower wages may last five or ten years, while the beneficial effects assume an
absence
of recession.
Rising spreads in Spain and Italy show that contagion is already occurring, even in the
absence
of an official decision to write down Greek debt.
But, given that Asian leaders view Russia as little more than a natural-resource milk cow, it is far from clear that the investment will pay off, particularly given the
absence
of a comprehensive economic-development plan for the region.
Flug was finally offered the top job only in the
absence
of a male rival, though she was already occupying the position temporarily while the board searched for Stanley Fischer’s successor.
Consider the
absence
of an early tsunami warning system in the worst affected countries.
The failure was caused by the
absence
of appropriate international institutions that would be alert to the broad spectrum of potential disasters.
In the decade after September 11, 2001, the pendulum of public sentiment swung too far to the security pole; but it has begun to swing back in the
absence
of major new terrorist attacks.
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