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It was almost made redundant in the 1970s, when the US
floated
the dollar, only to be saved in 1982 by the Mexican debt crisis, which propelled it into the role of global financial lifeguard.
Some thinkers, most notably Max Weber,
floated
the idea that capitalism must be sustained by a value system that could not initially be created from within.
US Senator Richard Lugar has
floated
the idea of a free-trade agreement between the US and ASEAN.
Consider his idea,
floated
in March 2016 and probably inspired by his private bankruptcies, of renegotiating the US national debt.
Indeed, the most frequently
floated
proposals leave much to be desired.
The idea of a Club of Six,
floated
by Nicolas Sarkozy early in his presidency, was always abstract and is now untenable.
These developments set the stage for the Plaza Accord, which my colleague Jeffrey Frankel has described as probably the most dramatic policy initiative in the foreign-exchange market since President Richard M Nixon
floated
the dollar in 1973.
In retaliation for the lack of support, politicians in the front-line countries
floated
the idea of issuing Schengen visas to all arriving migrants, leaving them free to travel anywhere in the EU.
When Egypt complied with IMF conditions and
floated
its currency on November 1st, the exchange rate weakened from 8.5 to 15.5 pounds to the dollar; soon, imported goods will likely cost 40-60% more than they do now.
Ever since Richard Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard and exchange rates were
floated
worldwide, the US has sought to tackle its chronic bilateral trade deficit with Japan by pushing for a strong yen.
It has bought securities backed by cash flows from private-sector mortgages, so-called covered bonds, and it has
floated
the idea of buying corporate bonds and multilateral securities issued by the European Investment Bank.
Limiting the Security Council VetoPARIS – Back in 2001, France
floated
a proposal that the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (P5) should voluntarily refrain from using their veto power when dealing with mass-atrocity crimes.
Since 1973 exchange rates among the world’s three major currencies - the dollar, D-mark, and yen - have
floated
in free currency markets without crises.
Foreign partners have been brought in to transfer skills, and minority shareholdings have been
floated.
But it would be just as alien to a system in which the central bank targeted nominal GDP and the currency
floated.
In 1991, when all three became independent again, similar proposals of confederation and union were
floated.
The idea of outlawing such tests was first
floated
in 1954 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who framed his proposal in the context of broader progress toward nuclear disarmament, just as we are doing today.
Some interesting ideas have been
floated.
They have buzzed through the plot lines of American television thrillers like 24 and Homeland, been
floated
as a possible delivery option by the online retail giant Amazon.com,
True, great thinkers like John Maynard Keynes and the late Nobel laureate James Tobin
floated
various ideas for taxing financial transactions as a way to reduce economic volatility.
Indeed, from time to time bills have
floated
around Congress that would have done just that.
After the brief, unsuccessful attempt at exchange rate realignment known as the Smithsonian Agreement, the world's major currencies were
floated
in February 1973.
Would Argentina be better off had it
floated
the peso long before all this?
They
floated
stories that Aristide was mentally deranged.
It took some time for the Russian government to get things right, and its international reserves did slump dangerously in 2014; but that December, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) finally
floated
the ruble’s exchange rate, and macroeconomic conditions have since stabilized.
Ships were heaved onto hills, and cars
floated
like boats.
Floated
by the Chinese scholar Ruan Zongze in a journal article last year, and evidently the subject of much internal discussion since, Responsible Protection builds upon “Responsibility While Protecting,” an approach earlier proposed by Brazil that has already gained some traction at the UN.
In May 1971, the German government – against the wishes of the Bundesbank – abandoned the dollar peg altogether and
floated
the currency.
It seems as if trial balloons are being
floated.
In fact, this may be a good time for the EU’s high representative to take up the idea of a “European security council,” which was originally
floated
by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron last fall.
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