Competitiveness
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A depreciation of silver relative to gold in this system would bring down real wages and improve
competitiveness.
The outcome of the Council’s June meeting was encouraging, and we must continue on that path in the coming months to make progress on two equally important issues: how to foster innovation and the digital economy, and how to ensure Europe’s manufacturing
competitiveness.
Saving is the seed corn of economic growth – the means to boost American
competitiveness
by investing in people, infrastructure, technology, and new manufacturing capacity.
This has undermined US competitiveness, punishing workers with the job losses and wage compression that trade deficits invariably spawn.
France’s economic performance has been lackluster during the past ten years, particularly with respect to competitiveness, debt sustainability, public spending, and the labor market.
To meet this challenge, we have designed an economic strategy that rests on three pillars: Europe, fiscal consolidation, and
competitiveness.
But the challenge for the coming five years will be to adapt and upgrade our institutions without undermining the quality of public services, which is part and parcel of French
competitiveness.
Finally, we have committed ourselves to measures aimed at addressing France’s weakened competitiveness, via a “National Pact for Growth, Competitiveness, and Employment,” which includes a €20 billion cut in labor costs for employers, to be phased in over three years.
And, because expectations for France’s
competitiveness
agenda are high, we will ensure swift implementation of the National Pact so that it can start producing results as soon as 2013.
While the eurozone’s tail risks are lower, its fundamental problems remain unresolved: low potential growth; high unemployment; still-high and rising levels of public debt; loss of
competitiveness
and slow reduction of unit labor costs (which a strong euro does not help); and extremely tight credit rationing, owing to banks’ ongoing deleveraging.
This caused interest-rate differentials between various countries to shrink, which generated real-estate booms in the weaker economies and reduced their
competitiveness.
The crisis has exposed the deep disparities in
competitiveness
that have developed within the eurozone.
The resulting turmoil could very well trump any short-term gains in
competitiveness
from devaluation.
The desired
competitiveness
effects of exchange-rate devaluation can thus be had while staying in the euro.
As is true of an exchange-rate devaluation, the positive impact on growth of an increase in
competitiveness
can strengthen the fiscal position by raising tax revenues.
For countries that are suffering from weak
competitiveness
and, as a consequence, running trade deficits, this typically means more revenues, especially in the short run.
In short, there are simple fiscal alternatives to exchange-rate devaluation that can address southern Europe’s short-term
competitiveness
problems.
Indeed, America’s “aged modernity” has become a drag on its competitiveness, as well as an insult to its international image and a risk to the safety of its citizens.
The implication is that macroeconomic policies like low interest rates and easy access to credit should be used to ensure equal access to credit for all qualified companies, based on their competitiveness, not their ownership.
The US must help these countries build up their infrastructure, educational and legal systems, competitiveness, and transparency.
Chinese policymakers should bear in mind that the value of the yuan is only one among many factors that affects the
competitiveness
of China’s economy.
The real reason to worry is that India has lost international
competitiveness
and has been buying time by borrowing from fickle lenders.
Amid weakening competitiveness, the rupee was propped up by increasingly unstable foreign sources of funds.
Wage restraint and productivity gains have improved competitiveness, thereby boosting exports.
Although such a tax might advance environmental objectives by bringing about a reduction in emissions, it raises international
competitiveness
issues.
Rather than offering Band-Aids, the ruling coalition should be working to boost Italy’s competitiveness, which has been undermined since the crisis by the weak recovery of real exports and low investment, which, at under 9% of GDP, remains significantly below the eurozone average.
But US policy choices are responsible for the erosion of America’s
competitiveness.
The federal government can currently borrow at record-low interest rates, and there are many projects in education, infrastructure, and research that would earn a higher return, create jobs now, and bolster US
competitiveness
in attracting high-wage jobs.
President Barack Obama has offered numerous proposals to invest in the foundations of national competitiveness, but Congressional Republicans have rebuffed them, claiming that the US faces an impending fiscal crisis.
In response, Italy's President has asked the entrepreneurial classes to help shore up the country's
competitiveness.
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