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In his classic 1944 book International Currency Experience, Ragnar Nurkse argued that reflationary policies following the collapse of the gold standard of the 1920s operated by lowering currencies’ foreign exchange value, with the 1931 devaluation of the British pound unleashing a spate of competitive devaluations worldwide.
The rationale for favoring weak currencies was that a competitive exchange rate would prevent a further contraction in domestic output and prices (deflation).
Yet the recent spate of central bank actions and their timing (notwithstanding considerable diversity in terms of domestic economic conditions) suggests that interest-rate cuts and nonconventional forms of easing, if not competitive, are certainly contagious.
They recognize the dynamic, transparent, and competitive fundamentals of the Irish economy.
As the IMF argues, if applied across the G-20, a Financial Activities Tax would help constrain the worst features of the financial system and reduce the competitive distortions created by the megabanks.
To keep them home, Africa’s economies must move beyond producing raw materials to build dynamic and competitive manufacturing sectors with higher value added.
If Greece wants the prosperity associated with a technologically advanced, twenty-first-century economy, it will have to earn it, by producing innovative products that are competitive on world markets, just as Germany does.
Fortunately, Greece is a country of exceptional talents, capable of building new competitive sectors from the ground up, if given the chance.
Backing competitive education, innovation, technology, energy, and a more efficient and accessible health-care system complements and reinforces Obama’s leadership approach of setting an example with one’s own policies.
For the sake of social welfare in the years and decades ahead, we must ensure that these decisions are compatible with the creation and maintenance of healthy, competitive markets.
If the Chinese Communist Party feels threatened by a public frustrated with insufficient political participation and enduring social repression, it could slip into competitive nationalism, upending the already-delicate regional status quo.
It is even worse to leave our children without adequate infrastructure and the other public investments needed to be competitive in the twenty-first century.
This will force small and medium producers to become more competitive, but they must do so on an uneven playing field.
With the EU accounting for half of British trade turnover, the impact on exporters could be devastating (despite a more competitive exchange rate).
This intergovernmental approach lay behind the Lisbon Agenda’s failure to deliver the results needed to make Europe more competitive and dynamic by 2010, and the same shortcomings will bedevil its successor, the new “Europe 2020” strategy.
registry, whereas we created a competitive market for the reseller business whereby registrars sold names directly to users.
Of course, if I am right, the DNS will lose its value over time, and most people will get to Web sites and content via social networks and apps, or via Google (or whatever supersedes it in the competitive marketplace).
If and when the natural resource generating the windfall wealth (in this case, oil and gas) disappears, the economy is left with too few competitive industries and too many empty bookstore-cafes.
This has helped cause the exchange rate to strengthen by nearly 10% over the last year against the currencies of Norway's main trading partners, making the tradeables sector even less competitive.
If the only thing that changed about NAFTA members’ behavior was that they exported less to the US, America workers could benefit, with US farmers or manufacturers – including much of Trump’s own electoral base – becoming more competitive within the US market.
The new tax law creates generous incentives to encourage private investment in distressed urban and rural areas; and a provision in the budget package will establish a competitive grant program to help states fund “pay-for-success” contracts.
SIPPRA requires that contracts be awarded on a competitive basis, and that applicants supply detailed outcome targets, cost-benefit projections, and their own matching funds; but it does not specify where funds should be invested.
But the objective of building a competitive, diverse, and open financial sector deserves to be a central part of the policy agenda.
The manufacturing sector, squeezed by stagnating productivity and competition from China and other low-cost producers, is no longer competitive.
It is not the only one: the rule of law, enforced by an independent judiciary, and competitive elections held at regular intervals are no less important.
Ordinarily, a large surplus puts upward pressure on the country’s currency – making its exports less competitive and boosting demand for imported goods and services.
Paradoxically, too, the “greening” of America – an America that discovers late but with passion its responsibility for the planet’s survival – may lead to a competitive transatlantic race for first prize in ecological good behavior.
A risk-free approach to innovation makes it hard to solve vital issues like ensuring food, water, and energy security for a growing population, or even ensuring that Europe remains technologically competitive.
And who better to provide what is needed than the US – the world’s largest and most competitive services economy.
At the end of September, Somaliland will hold its third presidential election, the previous two having been open and competitive.
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