Competitiveness
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So, as workers and middle managers have been departing these companies, they have taken with them not only much critical information, but often also the hearts and souls of their enterprises, with profound effects on American
competitiveness.
But that is less likely now, as many countries are undertaking fiscal consolidation simultaneously, non-sovereign interest rates are already low, and monetary union prevents the most troubled countries in the eurozone – Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain – from devaluing their way to
competitiveness.
Now, as then, the fear is that if all countries try to depreciate their currency to gain export
competitiveness
and boost their economies, all will fail.
By increasing the “rate of real exchange,” inflation will help slow the Irish economy unless the growth of productivity is sufficient to maintain
competitiveness.
The US cannot afford a continuing massive drain of demand through an external deficit, while complaints about loss of
competitiveness
will intensify in the EU.
In fact, Egypt is on the right track, undertaking a transition to a resilient economy oriented toward enhanced
competitiveness.
This project has received wide acclaim from officials, economists, and entrepreneurs, reflecting a widespread belief that boosting growth and
competitiveness
starts at the grass roots level.
The authorities have started to use all of the levers at their disposal to increase
competitiveness
and unleash the potential of Egypt’s people.
Navigating the economic transition to international
competitiveness
isn’t easy.
International
competitiveness
is not just about low costs, but also about quality control and customer satisfaction, none of which magically happens overnight.
Similarly, investment in infrastructure would directly add employment and improve
competitiveness
and efficiency in a wide range of sectors.
Restoring elements of manufacturing
competitiveness
is hard.
Most countries invest public resources in assets that have the effect of increasing their human capital and technological base, and thus their
competitiveness.
This, together with the decline in manufactured goods as a share of total exports, from 54% a decade ago to 37% today, points to a substantial loss of
competitiveness.
Nor can the small uptick in the eurozone’s growth, much less the relatively rapid expansion in Spain and Ireland, be attributed to the German recipe of fiscal consolidation and measures to increase export
competitiveness.
Similarly, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zimbabwe – countries with notoriously difficult political environments that typically feature at the bottom of global
competitiveness
indices – have all been key destinations not just for loans, but also for significant non-financial Chinese investment over the last decade.
These countries now must determine how to avoid the “resource curse” – an all-too-common affliction whereby rising resource revenues lead to volatility, rent seeking, and corruption, while spurring real exchange-rate appreciation and wage increases, thereby undermining other economic sectors’
competitiveness.
Meanwhile, not only is fiscal austerity pushing the eurozone periphery into economic free-fall, but the loss of
competitiveness
there will persist as relief at the waning prospect of disorderly defaults strengthens the euro’s value.
To restore
competitiveness
and growth in these countries, the euro needs to fall towards parity with the US dollar.
While China’s dramatic demographic change will weaken its comparative advantage in labor-intensive industries, it has not gained a compensating level of
competitiveness
in capital- and technology-intensive industries.
Swedish
competitiveness
eroded and income growth slowed to a crawl.
However, the Swedish social democratic governments tried to preserve the
competitiveness
of large firms by financing the growth of the welfare state without corporate taxes.
Countries must pursue solutions that help companies to create jobs by becoming more flexible, thus increasing their
competitiveness.
Companies worldwide – whether in countries experiencing jobless or job-poor economic recovery, or in thriving countries where the mismatch between available positions and workers’ skills worsens daily – must recognize that creating additional flexible jobs will advance their business and boost their
competitiveness.
She implemented gradual and pragmatic reforms in education, pensions, health care, and competitiveness, but worked hard to build consensus and promote dialogue and popular participation.
The strengthening exchange rate is putting additional pressure on the rickety southern European and French economies, undermining their already low
competitiveness.
But it has also led to currency appreciation, and thus to lower
competitiveness
for all eurozone countries, which may yet turn into a debacle for the southern eurozone and France, which are too expensive anyway, and for the euro itself.
The ECB’s rescue operations have hindered the internal depreciation – lower prices for assets, labor, and goods – that the troubled economies need to attract fresh private capital and regain competitiveness, while the euro’s appreciation is now compounding the challenge.
In short, Europe’s rescue policy is making the eurozone’s most serious problem – the troubled countries’ profound loss of
competitiveness
– even more difficult to solve.
Improved
competitiveness
facilitated by the euro bodes well for Germany’s medium term economic prospects.
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