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So far, at least, the worst fears about the adverse political consequences of poor economic performance have not materialized – even in Greece.
That will mean improving protection of the EU’s external borders, compensating domestic losers from migration and free trade, and soothing public fears about terrorism.
But those fears proved groundless.
Emerging-market currencies weakened on fears that capital flows from the US would reverse direction.
Right-wing populist movements have skillfully played on blue-collar voters’ fears by convincing them that traditional labor parties will allow immigrants to flow in virtually unchecked.
By contrast, European authorities refuse to test the scenario that the market currently fears most: losses on loans to banks and governments on Europe’s periphery.
In Cambodia, another leading recipient of Chinese loans, fears of effectively becoming a Chinese colony are on the rise.
First, Brazil has to keep interest rates very high in order to prevent capital flight, since there are widespread (and realistic) fears that Brazil will eventually have to devalue the exchange rate.
But it is the young, well educated, and relatively well-to-do who seem to have the deepest craving to banish their fears by nostalgically rediscovering a lost world of blind faith.
Theories about China’s attitude toward North Korea often begin and end with the view that what the country fears, above all, is an inflow of refugees in the event of a North Korean collapse – a spillover that could rend the delicate ethnic quilt of China’s northeast provinces.
Such fears are unjustified, for it is in China’s interests to keep the RMB from depreciating, particularly given China’s current external conditions.
If all of this happened, the price of oil would skyrocket owing to shortages and fears, possibly driving much of the world economy, already in a precarious position, into recession.
Russia has done little to alleviate fears among its neighbors and former allies about its intentions.
In a heavily indebted country like Brazil, fiscal consolidation can have an unconventional effect on the exchange rate: to the extent that a smaller deficit assuages fears that the government will try to inflate away its debt burden, the currency strengthens.
One set of fears concerns the labor market – the so-called “Polish plumber” question.
Easing those fears is big concern in the US these days.
Though US monetary policy undoubtedly exerts significant influence on global markets, fears surrounding the direction of US interest rates may be overdone.
An economic slowdown in the US and Europe could substantially slow this infusion of cash, because immigrants are often the first to lose their jobs when recession fears take hold.
Despite the alarming escalation in violence, fears of civil war in Kenya are probably exaggerated.
After all, stoking public fears effectively derailed immigration reform in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; why shouldn’t it work today, as the US Congress takes up the issue again?
Such fears tend to overshadow the more pragmatic aspects of immigration, leading to tightly – even irrationally – regulated borders that limit the global economy’s potential.
In order to tap the vast benefits of an open labor market, policymakers must work to allay the public’s fears, many of which are misplaced or exaggerated.
At the same time, fears that speculative bubbles in cryptocurrencies could drive macroeconomic instability appear overstated.
The outflows also reflect concerns about China’s economic prospects, including mounting financial risks, as well as fears among some wealthy Chinese that they may be targeted by President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive.
The Case for Muddling Through BrexitSANTA BARBARA – Panic is gripping markets – stocks and bonds are falling, the pound is plumbing new depths, fears of recession are rampant – all because a slim majority of voters in the United Kingdom decided that the country should leave the European Union.
Steadily rising prices of raw materials, agricultural products, and energy already reflect fears about future shortages.
So, while maintaining its close alliance with the United States, the Western imperial power that Iran fears most, Saudi Arabia opposed the uprisings, whether the protagonists were Shia (as in Bahrain), or Sunni (as in Egypt).
The history of the region’s discord is a complex mix of ethnic, territorial, and existential fears, imaginary or real.
From 2010 onwards, governments started to raise taxes and cut spending in response to growing fears of sovereign default.
It also seems to contain within it fears about the potential erosion of French national identity.
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