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In the run-up to its debt crisis in 2010, the government’s primary budget deficit (the
amount
by which government expenditure on goods and services exceeds revenues, excluding interest payments on its debt) was equivalent to an astonishing 10% of national income.
A couple of weeks later, the Bank of England announced the introduction of a form of credit guidance to limit the
amount
of credit being used for property-asset transactions.
In general, economic growth depends on an increasing number of transactions and an increasing
amount
of money to finance them.
But if fiscal stimulus must be facilitated by central bank bond purchases to prevent yield increases and to assuage fears about debt sustainability, doesn’t that
amount
to monetary financing of fiscal deficits?
While other EU countries’ total exports to the UK are double what the UK exports to the rest of the bloc, its exports to the EU
amount
to three times more as a share of its GDP.
Under the new deal, Puerto Rico’s annual debt payments would increase from $420 million in fiscal year 2019 to almost $1 billion in fiscal year 2041, implying an aggregate recovery rate of 75.5% of the
amount
owed.
Dividend payments made by under-capitalized banks
amount
to a substantial wealth transfer from subordinated bondholders to shareholders, because it is bondholders who will suffer the losses in a crisis.
Today, the Brazilian economy is stagnating, and no
amount
of infrastructure investment for the World Cup and the Olympics seems able to pull it out of its rut.
Given that those assets
amount
to an estimated $18 trillion, a higher return on capital would boost GDP and reduce debt.
Since the end of the credit boom in 2008, cross-border claims of banks based in the eurozone core (essentially Germany and its smaller neighbors) toward the eurozone periphery have plummeted from about €1.6 trillion ($2.2 trillion) to less than half that
amount.
If these bonds were acquired by Italian investors (who would have to sell an equivalent
amount
of low-yielding foreign assets), Italians would save the equivalent of 0.73% of their country’s GDP.
While inflation is undershooting the 2% target by a similar amount, the labor market appears to be in much better shape.
If all of this money went to the 768.5 million people living in extreme poverty, it would
amount
to $191 for each of them.
No wonder that this very modest
amount
of often-misdirected assistance has yet to end extreme poverty!
This would
amount
to a major political failure for Europe, because SWIFT is under EU jurisdiction.
Thus, capital flows from the core to the periphery would continue to exceed the optimal amount, undermining growth for Europe as a whole.
Given the
amount
of distress brought about by excessive debt, one might well ask why individuals and countries have repeatedly put themselves into this situation.
Finally, solvency rules should be complemented by an obligation that banks issue a substantial
amount
of non-collateralized debt – on the order of 100% of their capital – that is convertible into equity.
Increasing the responsible use of this energy source would contribute to the fight against climate change by reducing the
amount
of carbon in the atmosphere and diminishing the
amount
of fossil fuel required to produce energy.
A shipment of an equivalent dollar
amount
of fertilizer and improved seeds from, say, the United States to Africa would yield perhaps five times more food.
MGI’s simulation suggests that these costs will
amount
to 80% of gross potential gains in five years, but will decline to one-third of those gains by 2030.
Shown at the 2017 Cannes Festival, Schroeder’s film attracted an impressive
amount
of media attention.
There is still a huge
amount
to play for: we don’t know which of these two outcomes English voters would choose.
Russia’s foreign-exchange reserves fell by $16 billion in one week, and Gazprom’s value fell by the same
amount
in one day.
In fact, the total value of remittances by African migrants now exceeds the
amount
of official development assistance (ODA) that African countries receive.
His expectation was that by controlling the
amount
of money in circulation, the Fed could bring about larger reductions in inflation with smaller increases in idle capacity and unemployment than what traditional Keynesian models predicted.
In order for this part of the law to go ahead, the Supreme People’s Court issued judicial interpretations that set out who can be designated a company receiver and the
amount
and type of compensation they can be paid.
As a result of policymakers’ heavy focus on the exchange rate, China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange has now accumulated more than $4 trillion in reserves – far exceeding the
amount
needed to cover any imaginable currency emergency.
In addition, regulators should require banks to issue an additional
amount
of capital – say, 10% – in the form of long-term debt that is forced to convert into equity if the bank and the overall banking system get into financial difficulty.
While the
amount
of investment needed is minimal, failure to act will be very costly.
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