Competitiveness
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The
competitiveness
of their industries, and consumers’ household budgets, suffer accordingly.
Progress on the single market has helped to boost
competitiveness.
Many countries, including Italy and Spain, must overcome structural barriers to competitiveness, growth, and job creation through multi-year reforms of labor markets, pensions, housing, and economic governance.
Moreover, though OECD data point to modest deregulation of Spain’s labor market, there is little evidence linking deregulated labor markets with improved
competitiveness
and exports.
Low inflation may have helped to boost the price
competitiveness
of Spanish exports, but it is far from benign.
This price advantage will enhance America’s
competitiveness
as a manufacturing location, particularly for energy-intensive activities.
Only after the Iron Curtain’s fall and the establishment of market economies in ex-communist countries did the lack of
competitiveness
of German workers become apparent.
For the US the story is mostly neutral: a gain in
competitiveness
toward Europe, a loss relative to Japan, and with no net gain or loss in
competitiveness
or trade, scant inflationary effects to speak about, no interest rate hikes or stock declines - nothing to get excited about.
A huge yen depreciation and sizeable decline in the dollar would hit European
competitiveness
and growth hard.
So, instead of improving their competitiveness, the agreement is likely to increase the number of displaced workers and producers.
European Union leaders have in recent summits come close to identifying a number of economic-policy areas where closer coordination would improve competitiveness, including sustainability of pensions, wage-to-productivity ratios, corporate taxation, investment in research and development, and the financing of major infrastructure projects.
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.
Despite its lack of drama, intrigue, and competitiveness, the election was important not because Russia's political class renounced all the key elements of authentic democratic electoral procedures, but because it closed the chapter on Russia's liberal democratic experiment, legitimizing Putin's new Russian political system.
Export-led economies, of course, can’t take currency appreciation lightly – it undermines
competitiveness
and risks eroding the country’s share of the global market.
Loss of export
competitiveness
as a result of excessively strong currencies is not the only problem.
He assumes that they are somehow “ripping off” the US – taking advantage of America’s market, while undermining the
competitiveness
of its companies.
The challenge for Russia’s leaders is to use its oil wealth to educate Russia’s people and rebuild Russia’s infrastructure, thereby ensuring global
competitiveness
and employment growth.
Moreover, given aging populations and low productivity growth, potential output is likely to be eroded in the absence of more aggressive structural reforms to boost competitiveness, leaving the private sector no reason to finance chronic current-account deficits.
Governments in Eastern Europe cannot credibly match the broad deposit guarantees issued by their Western neighbors, and the generous recapitalizations have brought down Western banks’ relative funding costs, further weakening local institutions’
competitiveness.
Mexico continues to operate under the assumption that wages low enough to attract and sustain investment ensure the shortest route to
competitiveness.
But what sort of
competitiveness
do they have in mind?
And, while real exchange rates appreciate and
competitiveness
suffers, leading to rising unemployment, the abundant credit postpones the adjustment.
These countries must now engineer substantial real wage and price deflation in order to regain
competitiveness
and reduce their trade deficits.
Meanwhile, the benefits in terms of
competitiveness
will be very limited, owing to the country’s narrow export base, and will evaporate in a vicious circle of devaluations and rising interest rates.
The key to growth is increased
competitiveness
through higher productivity and lower production costs.
There was a good economic argument for the ECB to have lifted its inflation target following the euro crisis to facilitate
competitiveness
adjustments in Southern Europe.
This would not only help to fight climate change, but would also benefit growth, competitiveness, and job creation.
A regulatory regime that gave unfair advantages to local businesses would hurt consumers, hamper innovation, and damage
competitiveness.
The periphery needs to recover competitiveness, and some have taken heart from the Mediterranean countries’ shrinking trade deficits – the structural trade imbalances within the eurozone are correcting themselves, they say.
If the project is eliminated, European policymakers will be denied important information that could help to guide discussions about enhancing
competitiveness.
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