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First, central banks take the
conventional
policy rate down to the dreaded “zero bound.”
Facing continued economic weakness, but having run out of
conventional
tools, they then embrace the unconventional approach of quantitative easing (QE).
Economists’
conventional
description depicts high finance as providing us with three types of utility.
LONDON – The
conventional
wisdom regarding the recent plunge in the price of oil is that we are seeing a repeat of the 1985-1986 collapse, when Saudi Arabia ramped up production as part of a dispute with other members of the OPEC cartel.
Commentators search for words to describe his assault on
conventional
norms of leadership and tolerance in a modern liberal democracy.
For the moment, China’s military is relatively weak and would likely lose a
conventional
war with the US; but this situation is rapidly evolving, and China may soon have its own aircraft carriers and other more advanced military capabilities.
A
conventional
attack against a chemical facility is another potentially devastating risk – one that is not beyond the capabilities of a well-funded terrorist group.
Nuclear or
conventional
war on the Korean Peninsula would carry incalculable regional and global risks.
The unrest caught most people by surprise – both inside and outside the region – and has fundamentally upended at least five
conventional
beliefs about the Arab world.
How can an enterprise being restructured, say, find a way to issue securities for financing if it cannot meet
conventional
standards such as profitability and net asset value, as required by the Company Law and the Securities Law?
In 2010, the European Commission, after considering 25 years of GM-organisms (GMOs) research, concluded that “there is, as of today, no scientific evidence associating GMOs with higher risks for the environment or for food and feed safety than
conventional
plants and organisms.”
Perhaps Trump’s agenda is the more
conventional
aspiration to “open markets” for US exports, and it is entirely possible that the Chinese will offer to buy more of some category of goods after the G20 summit.
Moreover, like the Middle East, Asia is home to an uncontrolled arms race that includes both
conventional
capabilities and weapons of mass destruction.
The fact that a VER could also satisfy US demand also means that the
conventional
wisdom underlying trade negotiations does not apply in this case.
Using land that cannot support
conventional
agriculture, pastoralists and agro-pastoralists produce meat, milk, and livestock products that sustain millions.
The Cooperative AlternativeWASHINGTON, DC – In an era in which
conventional
models of finance, corporate governance, and corporate responsibility are increasingly debated, if not called into question, it may be time to revisit the alternative approach taken by economic cooperatives.
Assuming that the poor use much less water, the monthly cost of
conventional
network technologies drops to $20 – still a significant outlay.
Just as the
conventional
wisdom that all networked water and sanitation systems are good investments can be wrong, it can be wrong in assuming that all dams are bad investments.
If Russia attempted a
conventional
incursion into NATO territory, and was defeated, it might consider launching a nuclear first strike in Europe.
Why should the US risk so much for a continent that gives short shrift to its own
conventional
defense capabilities?
The world is only just beginning to see glimpses of cyber war – in the denial-of-service attacks that accompanied the
conventional
war in Georgia in 2008, or the recent sabotage of Iranian centrifuges.
In the past few decades, it has become
conventional
for equity investors to base their decisions on neutral benchmarks determined by the market capitalization of companies and indices.
Just as the North called the recent missile a “satellite,” an underground explosion caused by
conventional
explosives cannot be used as a bargaining chip unless it is called a “nuclear test.”
The
conventional
answer is no.
But it is also an analytical term that describes deliberate disinformation presented in the form of a
conventional
news report.
Fact checking by
conventional
news media is often unable to keep up, and sometimes can even be counterproductive by drawing more attention to the falsehood.
Lo and behold, the snap election that May called two months ago has now denied her Conservative Party a majority, resulting in a hung parliamentTo be sure, by last month, I had come around to the
conventional
wisdom that May’s Conservatives would win.
As dynamic emerging economies evolve to take their place at the helm of the world economy, a rethink of the
conventional
approach to global economic governance is needed.
Even a relatively small amount of material such as cobalt-60 – used in radiotherapy – could cause serious harm if combined with
conventional
explosives in a so-called dirty bomb (or otherwise deliberately used to expose the public to dangerous radiation).
Policymakers now must figure out how to achieve this goal – no easy feat, especially given that, contrary to the
conventional
wisdom, steadily rising costs for
conventional
energy cannot be counted on to propel the necessary shift toward a low-carbon future.
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