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The national debt has increased by 50% in eight years, with almost $1 trillion of this increase due to the war – an
amount
likely to more than double within ten years.
A certain
amount
of labor-market rigidity may make economic sense for jobs that require firm-specific skills and training, alongside greater flexibility for jobs that require fewer skills.
In essence, this would
amount
to the signatories agreeing not to manipulate their currencies.
Central banks had to inject an unprecedented
amount
of money and extend credit on an unprecedented range of securities to a broader range of institutions than ever before.
It’s easy to see why the US and Europe want to stick to business as usual, but such a deal would
amount
to a wasted opportunity.
If Africa fails to find the money to finance adaptation, the total damage could
amount
to 7% of Africa’s GDP by the end of this century.
The ECB should be empowered to buy any
amount
of Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese government bonds needed to drive down their yield to near the German rate.
Proposed and prospective new projects could increase the
amount
of emissions Norway enables by 150%.
But they
amount
to a serious step toward a much-needed diplomatic approach to resolving this aspect of the conflict – not least because many of the right players, from the United States and the European Union to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, are participating in the process.
For example, some people, alerted to the
amount
of information that is being collected about them, may refrain from using the service.
It led directly to the spread of financial risk-management models, which, by excluding the possibility of default, grossly underestimated the
amount
of risk in the system.
It is also reflected in the increasing number of non-trade-related provisions being inserted into the PTA treaties proposed by the US and EU, a result of self-serving lobbies that seek concessions by weaker trading partners, without which free trade supposedly would
amount
to “unfair trade.”
There is a massive
amount
of good that we can do through practical, affordable approaches like HIV/AIDS education, malaria prevention, and the provision of micro-nutrients or clean water.
It carefully enumerates and decries actions taken by Poland’s government that, according to Polish and international courts alike,
amount
to an attack on the rule of law and liberal democracy.
Some go so far as to argue that the recent rise of the lower castes in northern Indian politics and the implementation of reservations by the central government
amount
to a silent revolution, and that the politics of caste is secular and a bulwark against religious sectarianism.
This has produced – albeit with a certain
amount
of external pressure notably on behalf of the Sunnis – a document that may provide the basis for the rule of law.
CEOs who were once paid around 30 times what their average workers earned now make around 230 times that
amount.
The claim is that such a tax will help repress the forces that led to the financial crisis, raise a surreal
amount
of revenue to pay for progressive causes, and barely impact middle-class taxpayers.
The claim is that the US can collect more than five times the
amount
the UK collects on its narrow tax – an
amount
equal to more than 10% of revenue from personal income tax.
This could
amount
to a powerful refutation of the tactic, adopted by countries like Italy, of aggressively confronting the EU authorities.
But will France ultimately deliver i.e. send a significant
amount
of troops for the UN force set to police the peace in southern Lebanon?
But to the rest of the world, Chen has been revealed as a petty liar over a pitiful
amount
of money.
Instead, certain members now do a disproportionate
amount
of the fighting, funding, and dying.
Interestingly, there was some discussion under the French presidency about reforming the so-called Athena Mechanism, which is the means used to determine the
amount
that each EU member state contributes to the common costs of a mission.
Trump’s move leaves it up to the US Congress to decide whether to re-impose nuclear-related sanctions on Iran, which would
amount
to a violation of the agreement.
That
amount
may seem unrealistically high, but it is a negligible proportion of the estimated $160 billion spent on health-related R&D worldwide.
Enabling developing countries to generate just 1% more of GDP in taxes would mobilize twice as much money as the total
amount
of ODA – and all of it could be channeled into education, health, security, or cash disbursement schemes.
EEA membership would not
amount
to British “cherry picking” of EU benefits, which other countries have understandably refused to accept.
The EU spent 9billion euros between 1999 and 2002 to prepare Central European and Baltic candidate countries for membership - 10 times the
amount
it spent on Central Asia's impoverished non-candidate countries.
The heated discussions about austerity of recent years have been misplaced, with both critics and official cheerleaders overestimating the
amount
of austerity applied.
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