Balance
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The IMF’s reaction to Brazil’s financial taxes reflects how ingrained finance fetishism has become, and how difficult it is to reintroduce some
balance
in the debate on capital flows – even in the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis the world has experienced since the Great Depression.
This forecast of excess demand is an important part of the Fed’s rationale for raising the policy rate and shrinking its
balance
sheet.
A confrontational stance on trade, together with greater reliance on government debt, may well extract a higher toll to
balance
flows of goods and services and of capital.
After WWII, Western governments devised policies that aimed to
balance
the economic benefits of immigration (cheap labor) with protection of domestic jobs and ways of life.
Then, between 1988 and 1990, another round of monetary tightening under Alan Greenspan ravaged the
balance
sheets of the country’s savings and loan associations, which were overleveraged, undercapitalized, and already struggling to survive.
As an immature international creditor, China is unable to
balance
the inflows by making renminbi loans abroad.
And the very cumbersome US Treasury proposal – which combines removing toxic assets from banks’
balance
sheets while providing government guarantees – was so non-transparent and complicated that the markets dove as soon as it was announced.
Restoring some
balance
to the income distribution and encouraging social mobility, while strengthening incentives for innovation and growth, will be among the most important – and formidable – challenges of the twenty-first century.
Central banks’ ballooning
balance
sheets reflect the depth of the problems that many economies faced after 2008.
Now, half-a-year later, the
balance
of responsibility needs to be reconsidered.
In 1936, John Maynard Keynes demonstrated the futility of trying to
balance
the budget in the midst of an economic depression.
But if God gave us brains, it was so that we should use them to ensure a
balance
between people and nature to help eliminate hunger and protect the environment.
In reality, when businesses make decisions, they have to
balance
these interests.
The larger question raised by the UK’s proposed legislation is the desirable
balance
between individual rights, including the right to citizenship, and the public good.
After all, with painful deleveraging – spending less and saving more to reduce debts – depressing domestic private and public demand, the only hope of restoring growth is an improvement in the trade balance, which requires a much weaker euro.
At World War II’s end, George F. Kennan adapted Mahan’s approach to develop his Cold War strategy of containment of the Soviet Union, arguing that if the US allied with the islands of Britain and Japan and the peninsula of Western Europe at the two ends of Eurasia, the US could create a
balance
of global power that would be favorable to American interests.
Asia has its own
balance
of power, and neither India nor Japan nor Vietnam want Chinese domination.
China Won’t WaitBEIJING – The global
balance
of power is shifting.
Those of us who live in democracies will not be terrorized into discarding our sense of
balance
and moderation, because we understand something profound about most societies: life always wins over death.
While the policy caused credit spreads to narrow and bond market liquidity to improve, many banks have been using the extra money to rebuild their
balance
sheets (the equivalent of increased household savings) rather than lending it to businesses and individuals.
Thus, even as mounting job losses undermine consumption, housing prices, banks’
balance
sheets, support for free trade, and public finances, the room for further policy stimulus is becoming narrower.
The Northern industrial world was not yet ready to recognize the new weight of the emerging powers and the need to strike a new
balance
between North and South, East and West.
Decisions being taken today on Europe's eastern and western peripheries are likely to shape a new
balance
of power.
Governments and central banks are responding to damaged
balance
sheets and credit lockups in an attempt to limit extreme harm to their economies outside the financial sector.
Restoring that
balance
will take time, leadership, a shift in attitudes, and creativity.
It creates skepticism about whether the net benefits of openness are positive, and uncertainty about what adaptations are needed in the regulation of free markets to achieve a reasonable
balance
between their benefits and risks.
Under the right conditions, the
balance
sheets of pension and sovereign-wealth funds could also be tapped to fund investment.
These include tax policy, the inefficient or improper use of public funds, impediments to structural change in product and factor markets, and mismatches between the reach of global financial institutions and the capacity of sovereign
balance
sheets to intervene in case of financial distress.
How can we
balance
the imperatives of growth and development with the need to ensure sustainability?
Realizing this potential will require efforts by both employers and governments to eliminate discriminatory practices that impede the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women, as well as credit, tax, and family support policies to help workers
balance
their responsibilities at work and at home.
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