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But there is frequently a third
factor
in middle-class women’s economic stress, one that is seldom publicly addressed, much less measured.
At the same time, Europe’s massive shift to a trade surplus (a key
factor
underpinning the region’s new-found stability) and the Japanese yen’s sharp depreciation are among myriad factors squeezing countries seeking to rein in current-account deficits.
Stability in the eurozone has been perhaps the single most important positive
factor
underpinning market confidence in the last year.
A critical
factor
is large scale, non-destructive creation.
The Fear
Factor
in Today’s Interest RatesCAMBRIDGE – Many who attended grade school during the Cold War will remember what they were instructed to do in the event of a nuclear attack.
Rare disaster risk is most likely a contributing
factor
in such episodes, and it may be even more relevant for explaining short-term dynamics in financial markets when missiles fly.
Indeed, around 1950, the world seems to have reached a tipping point, with practically every
factor
that heightens humanity’s impact on the planet – population, GDP, fertilizer use, the proliferation of telephones, and paper consumption, to name only a few – beginning to increase rapidly.
But a more intangible
factor
is no less important: many of the networks on which farmers have traditionally depended to cope with these disasters have been lost or degraded.
The most important
factor
behind Germany’s success is that the structure of its firms improves the quality of their products.
Indeed, if wage restraint were the main
factor
in Germany’s success, it would be hard pressed to outperform French, Italian, British, and Spanish exporters, who compete mainly on price by offshoring production to low-wage countries.
It is common nowadays for people to conclude contracts that are so long and convoluted that signatories do not know what they entail (this was a major
factor
contributing to the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, which fueled the global economic crisis and subsequent Great Recession).
How well equipped these workers are to meet ever-evolving market needs will be a key
factor
influencing not only Asia’s trajectory, but also that of the entire global economy.
Indeed, the massive equity and housing price increases of the past dozen or so years probably owe as much to greater macroeconomic stability as to any other
factor.
Another powerful
factor
depressing social capital is the changing structure of the American family.
While the war in Iraq and abuses at American detention centers have damaged the cause of human rights in the Middle East and Asia, the third
factor
in the weakening of human rights – unregulated free trade – has been felt mostly in Latin America.
And now, as then, the level and quality of investment have been consistently inadequate, with public spending on tangible and intangible capital – a critical
factor
in long-term growth – well below optimal levels for some time.
Indeed, the key
factor
distinguishing institutional development in the West from that in developing countries is time.
The inability of backward domestic financial systems to allocate investment efficiently is a big
factor
pushing funds out of poor countries and into the US.
They are also a big
factor
behind the global trade imbalances.
Historically, good institutions such as secure property rights and the rule of law were seen as the single most important
factor
driving variation in the wealth of countries, and more corruption was associated with lower growth.
The fundamental reason behind France’s current economic weakness is its lack of competitiveness even in other euro-zone economies where the euro is not a
factor.
A precipitating
factor
is that the Federal Reserve has had a dramatic change of heart about the strength of the US economy.
Indeed, one key
factor
impeding consumption is the imperative faced by China’s older workers to save for retirement.
Even though radiation levels dropped by a
factor
of nearly 100 in the months after the accident, the area is still judged unfit for human habitation.
This seems to be a driving
factor
behind China and India’s refusal to go along with Europe’s plans at last December’s global climate summit in Copenhagen.
The International Monetary Fund credits Asian intra-regional trade as the main
factor
behind its recent export boom and strong economic growth.
The Diplomacy Of BlackmailWARSAW: If someone asked me to point to a decisive
factor
that helped build democracy and markets in Eastern Europe, I would jab my finger at western blackmail.
Improved central bank policy is another huge
factor.
But there is one more
factor
fueling Juppé’s popularity: the specter of the socially conservative, economically protectionist National Front, which is trying to capitalize on widespread rejection of the French political establishment to consolidate its political foothold.
The first
factor
driving up funding costs is the outsize profitability of China’s commercial banks – more than 23%, on average, for the top five last year – which account for some 35% of total profits earned by the 500 largest Chinese companies.
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