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If governments that have already tapped-out their debt-bearing
capacity
now issued more debt or money or guarantees, they would deal a mortal blow to confidence.
The second way to reduce the financial system’s sensitivity to risk-estimation errors is to limit the flow of risks to institutions with a structural, rather than a statistical,
capacity
for holding that risk.
But, while banks with short-term funding and many branches originating loans have a deep
capacity
for holding credit risks, they have a limited
capacity
for holding market risks, and little
capacity
for holding liquidity risk.
Insurance companies and pension funds, on the other hand, have limited
capacity
for credit risk, but more for market and liquidity risks.
The lesson for regulators is simple:
capacity
for risk is related to the maturity of funding, not to what an institution is called.
He made three main points: Germany didn’t have the
capacity
to pay were it to regain anything like a normal standard of living; any attempt to force it to reduce its standard of living would produce revolution; and to the extent that Germany was able to increase its exports to pay reparations, this would be at the expense of the recipients’ exports.
The EU and the US must stop pretending that they have the
capacity
to transform Russia into a liberal democracy.
As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has the right to develop its nuclear capacity, but only for peaceful purposes.
Global nuclear power
capacity
could double in the next 20 years.
As a result, several lines are operating beyond their capacity, creating long delays.
In fact, this is in line with the Modi government's approach thus far: lofty aspirations, soaring rhetoric, and quotable sound-bites have been accompanied by few specifics, no implementation plan, and no improvements in execution
capacity.
By understanding and drawing on proven innovations from around the world, Africa could leapfrog more developed countries technologically, building the
capacity
to produce more sophisticated, higher-value goods.
To succeed, governments will need adequate capacity, competence, and legitimacy to mobilize and interact with all stakeholders, thereby creating an attractive investment climate.
They will also facilitate cooperation with international organizations and development finance institutions, which can provide additional funds, while helping countries to upgrade their productive
capacity.
But when there is spare
capacity
in the economy, the resources “freed up” by public-sector retrenchment may simply be wasted.
Labor is the use of an individual
capacity
that can be remunerated but not owned by others, because slavery has ended.
Every year of below-capacity growth means lower growth
capacity
in the future, owing to lost investment, erosion of worker skills and experience, and diminished risk-taking.
Lawmakers have mostly sought to nurture innovation, in the hope that new industries will spur productive
capacity
and, in due course, fill government coffers.
A longer-term concern is the rise of China – an economic and demographic powerhouse whose expanding military
capacity
has enabled it to take an increasingly assertive stance in territorial disputes, including with Japan in the East China Sea.
Despite being a breakaway faction of a breakaway faction of the defunct GIA, AQIM demonstrated its operational
capacity
in December 2007, when it targeted United Nations offices in Algiers and the Algerian Constitutional Court simultaneously, killing 41 individuals and injuring 170.
Given the unpredictability of an angry electorate, and Russia’s proven
capacity
to manipulate news and social media, it would be folly to think that Macron is a lock.
The risk is that Lin’s warning will be interpreted as an argument for sticking with an investment-led model, which would imply more low-return public-sector projects and excess
capacity
in selected industries.
The nuclear pact between Iran and the Security Council’s five permanent members (the US, China, France, Russia, and the UK) plus Germany, has just provided a powerful demonstration of the Council’s
capacity
to lead.
From a macroeconomic perspective, infrastructure investment is a “twofer”– it strengthens productivity and competitiveness in the long run and, where there is unused capacity, it boosts demand, output, and employment with significant multiplier effects in the short run.
Without a strong
capacity
for innovation and creativity, even a giant has feet of clay.
A North Korea with nuclear weapons and the means to use them would add pressure on South Korea and Japan to develop their own nuclear capacity, which they could easily do.
Indeed, in countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, which are now attempting to institutionalize change, Turkey is their most active partner, sharing our own experience and providing tangible assistance in the form of economic cooperation and political
capacity
building.
This is not to argue that Microsoft, Amnesty International, or Goldman Sachs be given seats in the United Nations General Assembly, but it does mean including representatives of such organizations in regional and global deliberations when they have the
capacity
to affect whether and how regional and global challenges are met.
Necessity may also lead to reducing or even eliminating sovereignty when a government, whether from a lack of
capacity
or conscious policy, is unable to provide for the basic needs of its citizens.
After decades of disempowerment, Poles suddenly regained their
capacity
for self-determination.
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