Extent
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China’s purchases of Treasuries help hold down US interest rates – possibly by as much as one percentage point – which provides broad support to other asset markets, such as equities and real estate, whose valuation depends to some
extent
on Chinese-subsidized US interest rates.
To a far greater
extent
than in Russia, old inept managers remain in place, and they have not started rethinking their ways.
To a far greater
extent
than in Russia, Ukrainians understand that they are victims of the absence of reform and not of "shock therapy."
Among all university graduates, engineers (and, to a lesser extent, doctors) seem the most frustrated by the lack of opportunities, perhaps reflecting the ambition and sacrifice required to earn such a high-level degree.
The upsurge of protest across the Arab world raised expectations among Europeans that these countries would, to some extent, emulate Western institutions, values, and norms.
Such “contributors” to the wellbeing of the North Korean economy are recognized by the regime in Pyongyang according to the
extent
of their support, and are given awards and sometimes publicly recognized as patriots.
One need not be an economist to understand that a country’s wealth depends, to a large extent, on the proportion of the population that is doing productive work in high-value jobs.
To the
extent
that this implies a shift in the mix of GDP away from exceptionally rapid gains in investment and exports, toward relatively slower-growing internal private consumption, a slowdown in overall GDP growth is both inevitable and desirable.
Throughout American history, threats to national security, whether real or imagined, have led to clampdowns on the rights of citizens and, to a far greater extent, on the rights of immigrants and others suspected of acting in the interests of alien forces.
There is nothing surprising about this: When a decision-maker can claim full credit for a policy’s benefits and collectivize the costs, he will pursue the policy sooner, more quickly, and to a larger
extent
than he would if he had to bear the costs alone.
In order to address concerns about “competitive neutrality,” policies must address the
extent
to which firms – whether state-controlled or privately owned – receive official support for their outward investment.
But economists debate the
extent
to which these conditions reflect a cyclical demand shortfall or more structural problems that a monetary stimulus cannot remedy.
But Turkey’s humanitarian response to the refugee crisis is deserving of support; indeed, to the
extent
that such support advances integration of refugees, it would reduce the need for aid intended to keep asylum-seekers out of the EU.
Behind the brothers were other security agencies: the Internal Security Forces, the Revolutionary Committees, and, to a lesser extent, the Jamahiriya Security Apparatus (Foreign Intelligence).
Internal devaluation (a fall in unit labor costs to restore competitiveness) has occurred to some
extent
(in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Ireland, but not in Italy or France), thus improving external balances.
The dollar did indeed depreciate, though the
extent
to which this can be attributed to the Plaza Accord remains a source of some debate.
In countries where the government dictates gas prices – like India and Indonesia did until recently (and, to some extent, continue to do) – lower market prices would reduce the subsidy automatically.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, productivity growth has decelerated in Asia’s advanced economies and, to a lesser extent, in its emerging economies, too.
To some extent, this is good news.
Thanks to their use of ooniprobe, we uncovered the
extent
of last year’s wave of censorship in Ethiopia, as well as details of many other cases of censorship elsewhere in the world.
To the
extent
that we invest across sectors and regions to improve our carbon productivity (GDP per unit of carbon emitted), we will weaken the pollution constrain on global growth.
Roughly 80% of the total is going to public infrastructure such as subways, railways, and urban projects, which to a great
extent
should be counted as long-term public goods.
Thus, external competitiveness is what the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman calls a “dangerous obsession” – at least to the
extent
that it is based on the company-country analogy.
Property rights are ultimately sanctioned by society, and, to the
extent
that they seem to be unfair, society has an incentive to change them.
In 2013, the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine issued a bleak report documenting the
extent
to which Americans lag behind their counterparts in other high-income countries in terms of birth outcomes, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, chronic lung disease, motor-vehicle accidents, and violence.
Up to a point, and to the
extent
that income differences are due to differences in ability, effort, investment in education, etc., they are necessary to providing the correct incentives to invest, work, innovate, and grow.
That means that the exam scores of students who go to the best schools should be discounted to whatever
extent
will achieve the most scholastically able intake.
Dynastic AsiaSINGAPORE – To the
extent
that culture matters in politics, the recent spate of leadership changes in Northeast Asia suggests that Asian societies are more tolerant – if not supportive – of dynastic succession.
In contrast, it might be more difficult for a migrant in a distant country to assess the
extent
to which family members back home, knowing that they can always rely on the remittances, are responsible for other forms of income loss.
Indeed, to the
extent
that reliance on debt finance undermines self-governance, debt-ceiling abuse for partisan gain becomes more likely.
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