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But the IMF did not explicitly recommend that Turkey employ capital-account regulations, despite the mounting evidence from its own staff that the introduction of such rules was working in many emerging markets’
favor.
But, even as politicians and economists run out of arguments in
favor
of the euro, few dare to challenge its fundamental structure, let alone propose alternatives.
The real reason why central-bank independence tends to create a democratic deficit under a multi-target monetary-policy regime, and why it has become increasingly vulnerable, is that the two main arguments in
favor
of it no longer apply.
The first argument in
favor
of central-bank independence is that, without it, politicians can exploit expansionary monetary policy’s positive short-run effects at election time, without regard for its long-run inflationary consequences.
As a result, politicians, particularly in Europe, have no choice but to
favor
inclusive growth policies and scrutinize the potential impact that a given policy could have on the income distribution.
Martin Schulz’s Social Democrats, on the other hand,
favor
raising public spending, by investing in infrastructure in particular.
As a general principle, liberal centrists are strongly in
favor
of the international movement of people and goods.
But the ECB holds firm against cutting; indeed, after the Governing Council’s December meeting, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said that some members were in
favor
of raising rates.
Sanusi did ordinary Nigerians a
favor
by highlighting the NNPC’s malfeasance.
Talmon criticized the Israeli right’s belief that one major “event”would radically and permanently change the situation in Israel’s favor, and he repudiated the “religious sanction” used to justify unrealistic policies in the Occupied Territories.
In the few cases where a court rules in
favor
of the plaintiffs, the judgments often remain un-enforced.
China’s government has subsidized, protected, and goaded its firms to ensure rapid industrialization, thereby altering the global division of labor in its
favor.
The separation of powers (an independent judiciary and central bank) was undermined in
favor
of a “strong” state.
The trouble is that the steep escalation of enlargement coincides with a swing of opinion in a number of member countries in
favor
of a more intergovernmental EU, with more emphasis on cooperation between sovereign states and less attention to strengthening common EU institutions.
Yet, ominously, the same arguments that turned the 1929 financial crisis into the Great Depression are being used today in
favor
of austerity at all costs.
The temptation to
favor
misguided national priorities could lead to disaster for all.
To its credit, the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund recently spoke out in
favor
of such changes.
Yet for those in
favor
of the ECB’s “stability-oriented monetary policy” – a term suggesting that others disregard the risk of monetary instability – the price-stability objective has evidently become too constraining.
Of course, those in
favor
of higher interest rates would counter that inflation of 1% or even less is in fact “close” to 2%, implying that price stability has been achieved and monetary policy can be tightened.
Those in
favor
of a policy tightening would also note that low rates are problematic for savers, insurance companies, and pension funds, whose portfolios often include few equities.
(as was suggested by one person at a new-TLD meeting recently) and uses it to
favor
only its own brands?
Income distribution has skewed in
favor
of the rich for too long, and the government has failed to provide decent public goods.
Should US President Barack Obama accept such a deal, the entire structure of international relations would be dangerously altered in
favor
of the use of force.
In Ukraine, there is one more factor working in the EU’s favor: the country’s new leadership is determined to correct previous governments’ corruption, mismanagement, and abuses.
Transport systems that
favor
cars and trucks cause accidents, pollution, and chronic congestion.
For example, most modern societies, including postcommunist ones,
favor
a division between the makers of big money and the holders of high office because of the conflicts between public and private interest.
Of course, the government’s reduction of community policing in
favor
of paramilitary forces stationed in quasi-military barracks, and the Minister of Interior’s description of the young rioters as “scum” who should be washed away with an industrial power hose, has not helped.
The Socialist primary’s outcome will matter only insofar as it exposes the split within the party between those who
favor
a traditional statist approach and those who advocate more market-friendly alternatives.
It has been said that presidential democracy only strengthens Russian political culture’s tendency to
favor
rulers with a “strong hand,” whereas a parliamentary system would allow for a more “horizontal” distribution of power.
Managing them requires a clear position in
favor
of global governance and effective multilateralism at all levels.
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