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The order says that when the refugee program resumes, the Secretary of State shall, “to the
extent
permitted by law,” give priority to refugee claims on the basis of membership of a persecuted religious minority.
The legacy assets that one finds in advanced countries – the way cities are configured, for example – don’t have to be replaced to the same
extent.
Critics of the Stern Review don’t think serious action to limit CO2 emissions is justified, because there remains substantial uncertainty about the
extent
of the costs of global climate change, and because these costs will be incurred far in the future.
But one should remember that, until recently, Ireland and to some
extent
Spain were held up as shining examples of competitive economies that created a record number of jobs.
It is becoming more difficult for Iran (whose economy depends to a large
extent
on oil exports of more than two million barrels a day) to find customers – and especially customers willing to pay full price.
Given these governments’ complex strategies for regulating what their citizens do online – ranging from establishing effective control of private media and telecoms businesses to allowing people to blow off steam without going too far – we should be more realistic about the true
extent
of the Internet’s transformational potential.
In a heavily indebted country like Brazil, fiscal consolidation can have an unconventional effect on the exchange rate: to the
extent
that a smaller deficit assuages fears that the government will try to inflate away its debt burden, the currency strengthens.
Moreover, this almost certainly underestimates the
extent
of the losses, because it does not exclude inflows of $3.5 billion since November of last year from auctions of US-dollar-denominated treasury bills.
And, to some extent, that is true.
The fact that it took a populist plutocrat to do it underscores the
extent
to which the American labor movement has been extinguished.
The
extent
of the overlap is telling.
IMF growth forecasts released during the Davos meeting highlight the
extent
to which the world has become decoupled: GDP growth in the advanced industrial countries is expected to be 1.4% this year, while developing countries continue to grow at a robust 5.5% annual rate.
The strength of this reaction would probably be commensurate with the
extent
of enlargement: Prague or Vienna joining would draw a weaker backlash in Moscow than a similar move in Tallinn or Kiev.
The international community has been unable – and, to some extent, unwilling – to stop the war or end Syria’s suffering.
The crucial issue is the
extent
to which creditors will have to participate in rescue measures by accepting “haircuts” – that is, partial losses on their claims.
To a large extent, Germany has become a “second France” in Europe, at a time when France is more French than ever.
Another sign will be the
extent
to which the newly elected leadership, which is likely to be largely the same as the current leadership, reaches out to real Sunni leaders.
To some extent, societies’ perceptions of economic trends – whether positive or negative – comes down to policy responses.
To the
extent
that Chileans do so, they will create the conditions for a more dignified and honorable society.
It is telling that most of the symposium’s 47 participants – influential public- and private-sector figures from around the world – were unaware of the
extent
to which a mother’s nutrition affects her offspring’s wellbeing.
Given how few scientists have recognized the
extent
to which a woman’s eggs shape her grandchildren’s prospects, it is not surprising that policymakers remain so oblivious to the long-term impact of women’s health.
And to the
extent
that this risk exists at all, it is offset by the very tangible economic benefits of stimulus: improved labor-force skills, higher business investment, faster business-model development, and new, useful infrastructure.
Its exact shape will depend on the legal structure of a given central bank, and on the
extent
to which its administrators are willing to take actions that go beyond their traditional authority (with the implicit or explicit promise that the rest of the government will turn a blind eye).
To the
extent
that this approach reflects the view that policymaking is an art, not a science, that is a good thing: the world needs more flexibility in economic policymaking.
Mercantilist growth was based on – and to some
extent
required – pushing capital out rather than attracting it.
Old development verities that savings drive growth had to be re-assessed, because, to some extent, emerging-market growth drove savings.
A limit on the “structural deficit” means that a country can run a deficit above the limit to the
extent
– and only to the
extent
– that the gap between revenue and spending is cyclical (that is, its economy is operating below potential due to temporary negative shocks).
Indeed, there is a long tradition of retired police “parachuting” into lucrative posts in “Pachinko,” the de-facto gambling industry and, to a lesser extent, across the public gambling sectors.
To the
extent
that monetary and fiscal arrangements fail to reduce or eliminate moral hazard, the risk that capital flows create these endogenous asymmetric shocks will remain commensurately high.
And to an extraordinary
extent
even the participants will be people who became famous for their advocacy of causes that have not so much been lost as made irrelevant by events.
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