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And this divergence will continue to produce distortions that intensify the global effects of new US monetary-policy trajectories.
The solution to this problem is straightforward: eliminate the distortions.
Drawing false comfort from low inflation, overly accommodative monetary policies have led to massive bubbles in asset and credit markets, resulting in major distortions in real economies.
And in many countries, distortions and discrimination in the labor market restrict women's chances of equal pay and rising to senior positions.
By allowing the trade distortions from which China profits to persist – and, indeed, to grow – India is effectively funding this strategy.
At the same time, this policy would have neither the fiscal cost associated with government-financed subsidies, nor the distortions caused by the difficulty of cutting subsidies once the government has offered them.
In order to preserve the state’s ability to act while avoiding competitive distortions between and within industries, we should establish criteria to guide future decisions in this area.
In some cases, grid expansion makes sense after removing these distortions.
When governments try to attract investment with subsidies, tax holidays, special exemptions, and accelerated depreciation schedules, they create distortions that undermine comparative advantage.
While his policies will be bad for China in the short term, they may also provide the impetus China needs to stop subsidizing exports and perpetuating distortions in the domestic economy.
At the same time, the financial imbalances and distortions that precede a crisis delay appropriate and necessary responses to technological and global market forces in the real economy as well.
Of course, there are problems with China’s external imbalance with the US, such as excessive national savings (which account for 51% of China’s GDP) and distortions in the prices of energy and other resources.
Distortions in the energy market (especially through the tax system) continue, and if Bush could have gotten away with it, matters would have been worse.
Another argument is that the EU scheme will create distortions that favor of incumbents (who will be given permits for free) and non-direct flights (because only the leg to or from the EU will be taxed).
Other proposals include easing the immigration of highly skilled individuals, particularly graduates from US universities; addressing distortions in international trade and investment; developing a more sustainable federal budget framework; streamlining taxes and regulations; and initiating an ambitious infrastructure program.
Crisis management has resulted in major market distortions, with some segments’ performance no longer explainable by fundamental economic data.
This work—which the IMF calls surveillance—needs to move from an all-encompassing approach to a more incisive analysis of specific weaknesses and distortions that create the risk of crises or hinder adjustment to globalizationtheintegration into the global economy.
But this approach fails to address the underlying issue – and misdiagnosing the problem could have far-reaching consequences, not only leading to ineffective solutions, but also possibly causing severe distortions for specific economies and the global financial system as a whole.
But better now than later, when excesses in asset and credit markets would spawn new and dangerous distortions on the real side of the global economy.
While the proposed law does not kill all the distortions favored by unions, it is clearly a step in the right direction and may be accepted by the Peronists.
The debt-induced distortions in China’s economy today are precisely that – distortions.
With the right strategy, the authorities can eliminate these distortions and allow the economy to reach its medium-to-high-speed growth potential over the next decade.
In order to exploit its latecomer advantage, China must deepen its reforms and eliminate its economy’s residual distortions.
These factors will drive construction booms and busts even if obvious market distortions are removed and market discipline is tightened.
The cause of this very weak productivity is the same for all sectors: Russia's complex system of disguised subsidies, heavy regulations and price distortions protects state owned firms, whose productivity is abysmal, and hinders the development of new firms, whose productivity is a lot higher.
And the distortions don't stop there.
In the long run, of course, emerging markets will benefit from interest-rate normalization, because they will no longer suffer the distortions and imbalances that lead to unsustainable growth patterns.
Yet a small but vocal group of alarmists and self-serving profiteers continues to spread fear-mongering distortions and outright lies claiming that vaccines do more harm than good.
This alliance between the two parties led to serious distortions of fundamental Western values.
While “humanitarian aid” cannot be neglected, it should be recognized that such aid promotes consumption rather than investment, creating price distortions and work disincentives.
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