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And its population is shrinking – not least because the average man in Russia dies at age 65, a full
decade
earlier than in other developed countries.
Over the last decade, confidence in educational institutions and the military has recovered, but trust in Wall Street and large corporations has continued to fall.
For the
decade
that began in 2011, we at Goldman Sachs Asset Management have assumed that China, which accounts for about half of total Growth Eight output (probably $8.3 trillion by the end of 2012), will grow at a 7-8% annual rate in real terms, with inflation around 3%.
Indeed, by the end of this decade, about 150 million people worldwide will have cancer, with approximately 60% of them residing in developing countries.
Although new HIV infections worldwide declined slightly during the past decade, 2.7 million people contracted the virus in 2008, and there were two million HIV/AIDS-related deaths.
This convinced practically everyone that a “big bull” market, possibly lasting a decade, had begun and spurred investors to buy stocks at already-high prices.
The bombing – the worst terrorist attack in the United Kingdom in more than a
decade
– can be described only as blowback from the activities of the UK and its allies in Libya, where external intervention has given rise to a battle-worn terrorist haven.
South Koreans increasingly are coming to believe that North Korea will not be in the family of nations for long – that sooner or later (perhaps even in this decade), the North will collapse and its malnourished people will become future citizens of a reunified Republic of Korea.
Even some mainstream political parties have resorted to using anti-Roma rhetoric that would have been inconceivable a
decade
ago.
For the next decade, however, and especially for the next five years, there will be no escape from the need to rely on international financing, and mainly grant assistance, to finance the rebuilding effort.
Rebuilding Haiti will cost perhaps $10-$20 billion, and will take much of the coming
decade.
The 1980’s was a harrowing
decade
for most Latin American countries.
In all the major countries, this resulted in defaults, significant and continuous exchange-rate adjustments, and, by the end of the decade, a severe inflation/devaluation spiral, bordering, in some cases, on hyperinflation.
That experience was marked by the attempt to use a fixed exchange-rate regime as the main policy instrument to control inflation; that attempt’s colossal failure; and the shift, over the last decade, to more flexible regimes, freeing the exchange rate from playing a central role in controlling inflation, but not necessarily allowing a pure float in world currency markets.
During the first part of the decade, intervention was motivated by the desire to avoid devaluation, and therefore to support the inflation-targeting objectives.
Although the African Development Bank (AfDB) hopes to create 25 million new jobs within a
decade
through its Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative, it is not immediately clear where those opportunities will come from.
The Tuberculosis FrontBERLIN – This has been a good
decade
in the fight against tuberculosis.
So, the good news of the last
decade
is just a glimmer of hope.
In order to maintain growth and continue to attract foreign direct investment – which rose six-fold in the last
decade
– Africa must develop a high-skilled, well-trained workforce.
China’s economy is growing more rapidly, and its total size will probably overtake Japan’s in a
decade
or two, but any serious analysis of power in East Asia must include Japan as a major factor.
Nonetheless, many astute analysts believe that the constitution will be amended within the coming
decade.
According to the International Monetary Fund, during the first
decade
of this century, annual global growth averaged 3.7%, compared to 3.3% in the 1980s and 1990s.
This is far lower than what many had hoped; in 2010, I predicted that in the coming decade, the world could grow at a 4.1% annual rate.
It should be relatively straightforward for them to grow at an average rate that outpaces that of the last
decade
– a period that includes the peak of the financial crisis.
Over the last decade, monetary policy has been a true success story.
Indeed, after a
decade
or so, the need to draw clear lines and tell all, including the painful stories, became overwhelming.
This process has already begun, and has been supported since the beginning of the last
decade
by the government’s “Going Global” policy, through which it encourages outward FDI from China.
BERKELEY – Now that we are witnessing what looks like the historic decline of the West, it is worth asking what role economists might have played in the disasters of the past
decade.
At the macro level, the story of the post-2008
decade
is almost always understood as a failure of economic analysis and communication.
Morocco’s evolutionary approach to improving the country’s well-being – quietly and resolutely building on the political, economic, and social reforms launched more than a
decade
ago – is backed by an overwhelming majority of citizens.
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