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The other important
factor
affecting P/E is the risk-free rate.
The first change concerns China’s pattern of economic growth, which so far has been achieved mostly by rapidly increasing
factor
inputs – labor, capital, and energy.
According to recent research, however, about one-third of growth in China now comes from technological progress, or an increase in total
factor
productivity.
But this approach is misguided; the exchange rate is just one
factor
causing the trade imbalance, and any appreciation of the renminbi is unlikely to alter the status quo in a multipolar world.
The extreme rise in real oil prices was a major cause of the current recession, and its reversal will be a major
factor
in recovery.
Another
factor
that worked in the regime’s favor was the so-called demographic dividend (an abundant labor force and a relatively small percentage of children and elderly dependents).
The confidence
factor
affects government decision-making, but it does not affect the results of decisions.
Race, too, is a
factor.
Moreover, the Japan shock is not the only negative
factor
at work today.
None of this detracts from the resilience
factor.
What made this collapse so remarkable is that it was not caused by some external factor, but originated within the financial system itself and spread from there throughout the global economy.
There is another
factor
at work, too.
For example, US real per capita GDP grew by a
factor
of 1.87 – that is, nearly doubled in size – from 1961 to 1986, but by a
factor
of only 1.58 from 1978 to 2003.
Such differences in 25-year growth rates are important: if US GDP grows by a
factor
of 1.87 over the next 25 years, annual GDP will be $3.6 trillion ($10,000 per person) higher than if it grows by a
factor
of only 1.58.
One major inhibiting factor, the high cost of preschool and childcare, could easily be addressed by governments.
But this still does not mean that the gender gap tells us much as a first-order factor, especially if we consider other gaps among demographic groups.
This means that, though international coordination will be an important
factor
in the long-term success of action to mitigate climate change, its complications need not – and should not – hold progress hostage.
As a result, ethnicity began to be weighed as a positive
factor
not only in university admissions, but also in public procurement decisions, credit facilities for small enterprises, and government hiring.
This brings me to the third, and most fundamental,
factor
that is likely to cause the euro to strengthen substantially from its current level: global economic conditions require the eurozone to have a substantial trade and current-account deficit so that it becomes a large net importer of funds from the rest of the world.
The two cities have a similar number of residents, but Atlanta’s transport-related carbon-dioxide emissions exceed Barcelona’s by a
factor
of six.
A safe bet is that from 1900 until 1950, global warming was driven mainly by the solar brightening, as solar magnetic activity increased by a
factor
of two or three during this period.
Atmospheric CO2 is therefore presumably the controlling
factor
for the coming century as well.
So, while our own contribution of CO2 is not helping matters, it hardly seems to be the determining
factor.
Indeed, fear was the dominant
factor
in these elections.
Energy security is also a notable risk factor, especially given the uncertain outcomes of the popular uprisings in the Middle East.
Cardiovascular disease – for which hypertension is the leading risk
factor
– now accounts for the highest disease burden globally and is the main cause of death in most LMICs.
What is clear is that a key
factor
has been the persistence of large imbalances within the eurozone – current-account deficits on the periphery, mirrored by surpluses in the core – owing mainly to differences in productivity and competitiveness.
Latin America’s increasing integration with the world is the key
factor
here.
The first – another brainchild of Garfield’s – is impact
factor
(IF), which offers a putative indication of an academic journal’s quality based on the average number of times its articles were cited during the previous two years.
A high impact
factor
instantly boosts a journal’s prestige.
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