Balance
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But, at a time when interest rates are very low and large businesses have enormous amounts of cash on their
balance
sheets, this change in the timing of tax payments is not likely to do much to stimulate investment.
Analysts judge a government leader’s vision in terms of whether it creates a sensible
balance
between realism and risk, and whether it balances objectives with capabilities.
On questions of trade, for example, Europe is the equal of the US and able to
balance
American power.
If Europe overcame its internal differences and tried to become a global challenger to the US, these assets might partly
balance
American power, but would not equal it.
Beyond the
balance
of representation in parliament and government, a
balance
might need to be struck between the highest offices of state.
As in Lebanon, Iraqis might need to create a
balance
between the offices of president, prime minister, and speaker of parliament, and to agree that a leader of a different major community will occupy each.
Thus, the more relevant concern is that the
balance
of outstanding loans has not risen.
In fact, ECB President Mario Draghi signaled a willingness to expand his institution’s
balance
sheet by a massive €1 trillion ($1.25 trillion).
Skidelsky argues that “austerity hit the economy, and by hitting the economy, it worsened the fiscal balance.”
But, if it were true that “austerity worsened the fiscal balance,” the markets should have punished Osborne.
The Big BlinkCHICAGO – World growth is likely to remain subdued over the next few years, with industrial countries struggling to repair household and government
balance
sheets, and emerging markets weaning themselves off of industrial-country demand.
After the Republicans captured both houses of Congress in the 1994 midterm election, Clinton worked with them to
balance
the budget and reform welfare.
India’s democracy and burgeoning economy make it a major factor in the Asian
balance
of power, and the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai underscore a shared struggle against violent Islamic extremism.
To begin with security, India is a vital piece of the puzzle on questions of stability in Afghanistan and the
balance
of power in Asia.
The current-account balance, measuring the
balance
of trade in goods, services, net factor income, and transfer payments from abroad, is equal to national saving minus domestic investment.
These import barriers would pull workers and capital into import-competing sectors and away from export sectors, roughly leaving the US trade
balance
unchanged while lowering national income and average living standards.
There is no particular reason why a reduction of foreign trade barriers or an increase in US trade barriers would have any first-order effects on the US saving and investment rates, and therefore on the US current-account
balance.
This dramatic reconfiguration of the regional
balance
of power has been particularly worrying for the Gulf states.
But when the
balance
due was still outstanding in 1963 (with interest charges piling up), the IMF’s rules required its managing director to take action that would prohibit further use of the Fund’s resources.
The
balance
of terror of the Soviet era has given way to unilateral energy dependency in favor of Russia.
Both the new arrivals and German residents will need to
balance
respect for diversity in lifestyles with the understanding that, in a secular democracy, the same laws apply to everyone.
The large existing community of former immigrants could be helpful in articulating and implementing that delicate balance, imperfect as it may have been at times.
Moreover, Russia in this time of weakness is interested in keeping the U.S. engaged in Europe, if only to
balance
Germany's potential might.
The changes in the world’s
balance
of power from the West to the East, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, is making both the United States and Europe apprehensive.
It would not allow broad-spectrum, full-scale bankruptcies, in which failing operations are closed under the court’s aegis, viable operations are sold, and debts are restructured up and down a company’s
balance
sheet.
Highlighting the dramatic economic effects of oil producers’ reversal of fortune, the figure below compares the sum of the balances (surplus or deficit) in the general government’s budget and the external balance, as measured by the current account, for 18 oil producers, with both components scaled to nominal GDP.
Some countries, notably Saudi Arabia, which issued the largest volume of external debt of any emerging market in October 2016, started with a clean
balance
sheet – no outstanding debt and a high stock of assets.
Several participants at the CARe symposium highlighted this problem, noting that to implement drug-resistance strategies successfully, governments must strike a
balance
between global medical responsibility and local public good.
With enormous pressure from ordinary people to deliver tangible gains, Zuma the populist will quickly face a major test: will he emulate Lula of Brazil, who has struck an admirable
balance
between good economic governance and re-distribution of wealth to the poor?
And, in fact, it wasn’t: monetary policy was explicitly intended to buy time for households, the financial sector, and sovereigns to repair their
balance
sheets and for growth-enhancing policies to kick in.
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