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There is a myth now making the rounds that the search for consensus slowed down the ECB's decision-making process when setting monetary policy.
But the ECB was "slow" to cut rates not because of the need for consensus, but because it is a non-activist bank that cuts rates only when the inflation picture justifies it.
According to Mr. Duisenberg, there was not a single instance when an important monetary policy decision was delayed because of the need for consensus.
But as he exits his post, there is a growing consensus that history will record the straight-talking Dutchman as being the right man for the right job at the right time.
He never even reminded voters that the government’s choices in managing the fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis – which were neither obvious nor easy, because they required rejecting the EU’s austerity consensus – was the right one.
On the contrary, it has become a major impediment to a common understanding of current challenges, and thus to achieving a broad consensus on the right path forward – one with well-defined and differentiated responsibilities – in confronting them.
Foreign capital flooded in again, and the new consensus view was that bond-driven capital inflows would impose market discipline on Latin America’s historically profligate governments, because, presumably, only credit-worthy agents would be able to borrow.
The upcoming gathering of finance ministers in Washington, DC, for the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings is an ideal opportunity to begin building consensus around this much-needed effort.
While the proposed remedies vary considerably, there seems to be a broad consensus that the illness is structural.
The solution to any crisis, emergency or conflict, must always be political and our ESDP actions are always firmly anchored in political strategies, formed by consensus.
Building a Chinese RechtsstaatHONG KONG – A consensus is rapidly emerging within China that the rule of law is the single most important precondition for inclusive, sustainable, and long-term peace and prosperity.
The strategy was the outcome of intensive consultations with governments, civil society, private sector, and development partners in 47 countries, reflecting an unprecedented global consensus on the critical impact of good governance on poverty reduction.
But the problem is not so entrenched that it could not be solved by a bold attempt to forge a consensus between the government and those whom it is supposed to serve.
Nonetheless, at the end of the conference, there was still no consensus on global cyber governance.
In fact, since WWII, only George W. Bush’s economic advisers have broken with this consensus.
But so is the possibility that the current crisis galvanizes enough consensus to move ahead and do some of the hard work that every country in the end achieves.
But in doing so, claims the IADB, Latin American governments may have gone too far: “There is now a growing consensus among policymakers and analysts alike that by putting all industrial policy out of bounds, the region may have thrown out the baby with the bathwater.
By accepting this, progressives could forge a consensus with centrists and help to deliver better results for a core constituency: ordinary workers.
The consensus now is that austerity delayed recovery for almost three years, depressing real earnings and leaving key public services like local government, health care, and education palpably damaged.
Systemic reform of Italy’s government may be a prerequisite to achieving consensus on a path to fiscal health and growth.
A consensus is emerging among political leaders to choose the same system as the ten post-communist countries that have been admitted to the European Union: parliamentarianism.
In this sense, the EU’s decision to delay implementing its association agreement with Ukraine in order to create space to pursue consensus with Russia is a positive indicator.
Among economists, however, the consensus is that about 80% of the loss in US manufacturing jobs over the last three decades was a result of labor-saving and productivity-enhancing technological change, with trade coming a distant second.
They argue that his penchant for setting up consultative commissions is the best way to forge the consensus required for structural reform, whereas Sarkozy’s combative style was counterproductive.
Designated nominators rarely provided committees with a clear consensus, and the committees often ignored the rare mandates when a single strongly nominated candidate did appear, such as Albert Einstein for his work on relativity theory.
In fact, despite a consensus that ECT is the most effective treatment for severe depressive disorder, it comes at the bottom of the list in most treatment regimens for mood disorders.
Indeed, recent surveys show that the public is growing steadily less trusting of the scientific consensus on global warming.
Without strict conditionality, she would risk shifting the domestic consensus in favor of Germany’s emerging Euro-skeptic mood.
If, on the other hand, it works out a consensus on more economic and possibly even military punishment, the UN’s credibility would depend on whether these moves produce Iranian compliance.
To be sure, the creation of such a court would face difficulties, the most important of which remains the lack of consensus on what constitutes the crime of terrorism.
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