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China recognizes that America is in great difficulty (indeed, it recognizes this more clearly than the US itself), and that, given the poisonous political atmosphere prevailing in Washington, there will be no easy return to good government, economic stability, and strong growth.
The country is facing a severe shortage of money, which could lead to a serious financial crisis, in addition to the ongoing and dramatic military crisis.The EU’s difficulty in devising a concrete financial commitment stems from its dearth of financial means.
The EU’s difficulty in devising a concrete financial commitment stems from its dearth of financial means.
The difficulty of working through the full economic implications is precisely what discourages consumers from making purchases and causes firms to postpone investment.
Looking forward, I am convinced that if we have the wisdom, courage, and strength to adjust long-standing strategic arrangements, embrace new partners, and, above all, persevere in the face of adversity and difficulty, we will see a similar victory in this “long war” against violence extremism and the other threats that may emerge in an uncertain new century.
At a session that I chaired at the American Economic Association’s recent meeting in Philadelphia, the participants discussed the difficulty of getting any sensible reform out of governments around the world.
The American political system has difficulty in agreeing on a coherent energy policy.
The difficulty with implementing this policy has been that its preventive aspects – social support and reintegration of delinquents – appear to the frightened population living in the affected areas as being “soft on crime” and overly generous.
Indeed, the second lesson of the London Conference of 1933 consists in governments’ unwillingness in times of great economic difficulty to make sacrifices that might entail a short-term cost.
A first lesson of Japan’s experience is that, despite the eurozone’s difficulty generating inflation in an aging society characterized by excess savings, growth is not necessarily out of reach.
Defenders of President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and the military emphasize the difficulty of the task they face in Iraq, human frailty and fallibility, and the fact that there are always a few "rotten apples."
The Elixir of GrowthCAMBRIDGE: Southeast Asia's financial crisis -- leapfrogging from Thailand to Malaysia to the Philippines and Indonesia -- is far more than a serious regional difficulty, as stock market sell-offs from Hong Kong to Frankfurt to New York demonstrate.
And the shortage of bills – caused in part by the difficulty of supplying so much low-value currency – upset Venezuelans to the point that the government finally took action.
If Russia is truly committed to resolving this part of its conflict with Ukraine (its illegal annexation of Crimea remains completely unaddressed), it should not have any difficulty agreeing to an internationally run election.
One difficulty with the British government’s response is that it classifies all Muslims as just that: Muslim.
Even back in the 1990’s, regulators would privately complain of the difficulty of retaining any staff capable of understanding the rapidly evolving derivatives market.
One specific suggestion is that governments, on both sides of the Atlantic, set up a Standing Conference of senior officials to identify potential problems before they become sources of difficulty.
Barriers to education investment include a very long gap between interventions and outcomes, the difficulty of measuring results, and public-sector domination.
The impact and success of these tools and programs should be monitored and evaluated, with ineffective approaches being improved or replaced.I’ve conducted research in rural communities around the world, and one of the features they all have in common is the difficulty that farmers and pastoralists confront in accessing reliable information about markets, weather, and financing.
I’ve conducted research in rural communities around the world, and one of the features they all have in common is the difficulty that farmers and pastoralists confront in accessing reliable information about markets, weather, and financing.
A Manpower Group survey shows that 48% of employers had difficulty filling vacancies in Asia in 2015, compared to 28% in 2006.
Despite the considerable advantages of a common currency (price transparency, lower transaction costs, and inflation credibility, to name a few), the difficulty of macroeconomic management of such diverse economies looms larger than ever.
Despite its difficulty in grasping the reality and depth of the Arab revolutionary process, Turkey is nonetheless more than ever a key player in the region.
As a result, Netanyahu will have no real difficulty in forming a right-wing government coalition.
Do they try harder under pressure, or do they quit in the face of difficulty?
Another difficulty in assessing Chinese governance arises from the complicated relationship between politics and business in different regions.
Anticipating that difficulty, companies are less willing to hire in the first place, until they are sure that long-term demand for their products is sufficient to justify long-term hires.
The G-20 “mutual assessment process” – established to analyze national economic policies’ effects on other countries and on global growth, with the goal of formulating individual adjustment commitments – has highlighted the difficulty of reaching agreement on macroeconomic policies with significant spillover effects.
The reason for this difficulty is the other side of Smith’s invisible hand.
But perhaps the greatest difficulty worrying the Chinese stems from an underappreciated but familiar theme in international relations: “old think” – the inability to comprehend, much less address, new realities.
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