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But it can also enable action, because the parties are not constrained by rigid requirements.
At one end of the spectrum of deprivation, their opportunities are more constrained.
Excessive regulation of Japan's non-tradable sector has constrained GDP growth for years, while structural rigidities in Europe's economies impede adaptation to technological advances and global market forces.
Europe, for its part, is constrained by excessive public debt and weak fiscal positions.
Such efforts should not be constrained by national borders.
Also, while more advanced life forms, like humans, cannot mate with members of other species, microbial evolution is less constrained by this “species barrier.”
This asymmetry in savings patterns might thus reflect the simple fact that credit-constrained economies are less sensitive to drops in the cost of borrowing relative to less constrained economies.
If asymmetric credit constraints are indeed important, young borrowers and middle-aged savers will display distinct patterns in constrained versus less-constrained economies.
Eventually, with a strengthened legislature and a more constrained presidency, the Constitutional Court, too, would begin to change.
China is constrained by a natural balance of power in Asia in which Japan (the world’s third-largest economy) and India (about to surpass China in population) have no desire to be dominated by it.
By contrast, American foreign-policy formation is highly constrained by institutions like Congress, the courts, and the constitution.
Others support constrained government on the grounds that it protects everyone from waste, rent-seeking, and interference with freedom of choice, and that, when needed, inspired leadership can build the required consensus to address changing circumstances.
Their freedom of action is constrained by time limits and reappointment procedures that determine the nature and degree of their accountability to elected officials and the public.
Consumption, which accounts for about 70% of total spending, is constrained by high unemployment, weak wage gains, and a steep decline in home values and consumer wealth.
During the crisis and its immediate aftermath, when banks’ efforts to rebuild capital constrained new lending, ultra-low interest rates kept some firms’ heads above water, and their managers retained employees, despite making a relatively low return.
He thought that the American president should operate beyond the checks and balances applied by the US Constitution, just as his country should not be constrained by any international rules.
Machiavelli argues that the prince’s actions should not be constrained by moral considerations – that he pursue his political goals by any means.
The problems of war-ravaged countries are far more acute and their choices much more constrained.
With almost a quarter of holdout creditors refusing haircuts – a large share, compared to other sovereign-debt negotiations – Argentina’s options were severely constrained.
Quantitative easing is constrained by above-target inflation in the eurozone and UK.
Its advertising base is a little heavy on vitamin supplements, since pharmaceutical companies are extremely constrained in how they can advertise.
Given enduring political and social fragility, a weak economy, and severely constrained finances, Haiti’s continued progress remains far from certain.
European growth is constrained by debt problems and continued concerns about the solvency of Greece and other highly indebted EU members.
Africa’s cash-based economy has in the past constrained development.
Without mutual trust, economic activity is severely constrained.
In the past, the financial resources available for investment were constrained by national savings.
But political expression remains constrained.
Moreover, Medvedev, who was at the helm of the state-owned gas giant Gazprom for the last six years, is likely to be constrained in a more prosaic way.
Constrained from spending on the wedding, he would compensate her differently – perhaps with a larger inheritance.
Their successors continued to perceive the world – and their countries’ role in it – in ways that constrained rational discussion and distorted decision-making for years.
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