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While globalization is an important
factor
in the hollowing out of the middle class, so, too, is automation.
Poverty and starvation still pushed migrants off the land in poor countries; now, however, the pull
factor
was not free land, but better jobs in developed countries.
But if fintech is to reach its potential to advance the global public good, another
factor
must be accounted for: the environment.
While rapid growth in developing countries has been an important
factor
in the rising commodity prices, much of this is beyond their control.
Yet one important current
factor
could impede such action: risk-aversion on the part of local officials.
In order to appeal to the leaders of East Asia’s fast-growing economies – which Putin has called the most important
factor
for Russia’s long-term success – the government spent billions of dollars this year to modernize the dilapidated port of Vladivostok.
These include tax policy, the inefficient or improper use of public funds, impediments to structural change in product and
factor
markets, and mismatches between the reach of global financial institutions and the capacity of sovereign balance sheets to intervene in case of financial distress.
But the key external
factor
in ensuring a peaceful succession will be the policies of South Korea and the US, which must decide whether they can work with the North in the post-Kim Jong-il era.
But one troubling
factor
remains: the emergence of a dual labor market, in which low-wage and temporary workers find it hard to transfer out of inadequate working conditions into the mainstream labor market.
The instability in the lending sector is always there, and the crisis manifests itself only if some precipitating
factor
triggers it.
The precipitating
factor
that led to the current situation has to do with our evolving world culture, spread rapidly through enhanced media outlets and the Internet, and its perceptions of the markets.
India’s democracy and burgeoning economy make it a major
factor
in the Asian balance of power, and the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai underscore a shared struggle against violent Islamic extremism.
Another
factor
that will shape the process of technological upgrading in developing countries is global firms’ willingness to invest.
Land access, which is more unevenly distributed than incomes, is a deciding
factor
in whether someone suffers from malnutrition: 20% of households that experience hunger do not own land, and 50% of people who experience hunger are small-scale farmers.
Indeed, the main
factor
fueling the current crisis and complicating its resolution is that the North has only one bargaining chip: threats.
The current-account balance, measuring the balance of trade in goods, services, net
factor
income, and transfer payments from abroad, is equal to national saving minus domestic investment.
In Slovakia, where nationalist sentiments were an important political
factor
after 1989, the political spectrum has not yet coalesced along standard right-left political axis.
Perhaps the most significant
factor
limiting the prospects for Saudi-Israeli cooperation is the general attitude of the Arab world, including the Kingdom itself, to the Jewish state in its midst.
The inefficiency of the world’s financial system is not simply a result of obsolete rules and structures; profit-seeking is also a major
factor.
Agricultural spending is a major distorting
factor
in the EU economy; therefore, all price support and subsidies should be scrapped.
The most significant
factor
– one that policymakers have long ignored – is that a high proportion of the food that India produces never reaches consumers.
Providing further fiscal stimulus to boost economic growth would carry its own risks, owing to the debt ceiling and another, more ominous factor: America is already overly indebted, and there are signs that major holders of US government securities are finally tired of being repaid in depreciated currency.
Even more popular is the supply-side recommendation of a shift from extensive to intensive growth – that is, from a model based on capital accumulation to one propelled by gains in efficiency, measured by total
factor
productivity (TFP).
Iran’s nuclear program is the decisive
factor
in this equation, for it threatens irreversibly the region’s strategic balance.
Indeed, social media are a significant factor, but their role has been exaggerated.
In its latest report, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that it is virtually certain that, in global terms, hot days have become hotter and occur more often; indeed, they have increased in frequency by a
factor
of 10 in most regions of the world.
No other
factor
comes close to providing a plausible explanation.
The second
factor
to consider is nominal growth – that is, real growth plus inflation.
The third key
factor
for assessing the risk of growing debt is monetary policy and interest rates.
The final, and arguably most important,
factor
shaping debt risk relates to investment.
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