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Second, some of the increase in oil prices is apparently due to supply restraint by the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their friends of convenience (particularly Russia).
The increase in US production, thanks to technological advances in shale oil production, has been breathtaking.
The Chimera of Russia’s Gas PowerRussia began 2006 by cutting off natural gas exports to Ukraine after its government refused to pay a fourfold increase in the subsidized price.
They were designed not to impede Iran’s nuclear program directly, but rather to increase the price that Iran’s leaders must pay for pursuing their nuclear ambitions.
But astonishingly, it is coal, the dirtiest fuel, that is experiencing the sharpest increase in use.
Mexico’s 2012 General Law on Climate Change has put it on course for a major increase in clean power.
Since the end of communism in 1991, these countries (and others) have experienced a dramatic increase in the use of illicit drugs.
No major study has shown that syringe exchange programs increase rates of drug use.
And, finally, politicians generally defend their policies in terms of how they affect the middle class or the poor, not the arithmetic average of incomes across an economy – which gives equal weight to a $1 increase in the income of a poor person and that of a billionaire.
Nearly all households in the model experienced an increase in pre-tax income.
Economists should also pay less attention to inequality in the aggregate, and more on the specific policies that might increase or reduce inequality.
By contrast, investing in a company like Tesla Motors – which has now developed a rechargeable battery for home use, which could lead to a sharp increase in the number of households switching to solar power – looks far more attractive.
The effect of quantitative easing on exchange rates between the dollar and the floating-rate currencies is a predictable result of the Fed’s plan to increase the supply of dollars.
A stronger renminbi would help to reduce rising inflationary pressure in China by reducing the cost of imports, which would also increase Chinese households’ real incomes – a key goal of China’s new five-year plan.
By grappling with North Korea in a trilateral setting, however, South Korea and Japan could triangulate the information they receive from the US and increase their agency in formulating a response.
Don’t Forget Wim Duisenberg’s LegacyThe most surprising and controversial thing about last December’s rate hike by the European Central Bank was that, after two and a half years of keeping interest rates at exceptionally low levels, the bank ventured an increase of only 25 basis points with no promise of more to come.
Even though they were already resigned to a 25-basis-point rate increase, the politicians made a big show of being opposed to it, aiming to prevent what they really feared and what was certainly more warranted: a 50-basis-point hike and a warning of more on the way.
Leveraging the World Bank’s Capital IncreasePARIS – In April, governments from around the world agreed to a $13 billion capital increase for the World Bank Group, sending a clear signal that multilateralism is far from dead.
Meeting the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the WBG’s own goal of taking development finance from “from billions to trillions,” requires maximizing the potential of the latest capital increase.
Accordingly, the increase in public money must not be allowed to deter private-sector contributions through hidden competition or a “crowding out” effect.
The WBG’s capital increase offers reassurance at a critical moment for multilateralism.
At a time of populist agitation against multilateral institutions, the WBG’s capital increase is a notable achievement in itself.
Insulating executives from losses to stakeholders other than shareholders can be expected to encourage them to make investments and take on obligations that increase the likelihood and severity of losses that exceed the shareholders’ capital.
Freedom House, a non-governmental organization, listed 86 free countries at the beginning of the Bush years, and a slight increase to 89 by the end of his term.
That would have been painful, but it could have spared the Greeks from a 7% decline in GDP and a rise in unemployment to 22% (including an increase in youth unemployment to a whopping 48%).
The call for “outright monetary financing” involves raising government deficits still further and financing them through a permanent increase in base money issued by central banks.
Moreover, falling commodity prices will also “help increase household purchasing power.”
There have been modest moves to increase the European Parliament’s powers, but they have not been recognized sufficiently by the European public to quiet complaints.
To increase its effectiveness, the mistrust that permeates Unasur must be quelled, and the goals of member states must be more clearly defined.
This regional stasis may worsen as a result of growing nationalism; an increase in social divisions within states; weapons proliferation and an increase in military spending; and environmental degradation.
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