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The catalyst for exchange-rate appreciation would be not only higher US interest rates, but also a dollar squeeze in emerging markets, where foreign debts have increased by $3 trillion since 2010.
They argue that, given record-low borrowing costs of about 1%, increased capital spending by governments would effectively amount to the proverbial “free lunch,” yielding sufficiently high tax revenues that the debt/GDP ratio would not rise.
In this manner, increased infrastructure spending would address the issue of long-term growth, too.
The Bush administration raised military spending sharply as it went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and as it increased spending on national security at home, without ever explaining to the American people how this would be financed.
And, as debt burdens become heavier, public spending must be cut further and taxes increased to service the government’s debt and that of its wards, like the banks.
In some cases, the outcome has been unexpected: Some lending rates have actually increased.
The export portion increased the most – by nearly six-fold, from 6% in 1980 to a pre-crisis peak of 35% in 2007 – as new capacity and infrastructure, low-cost labor, and accession to the World Trade Organization made China the world’s greatest beneficiary of accelerating globalization and surging trade flows.
The Basel 3 Accord, adherence to which increased the liquidity of all banks and decreased their leverage, is viewed as a firm standard in some parts of the world.
Improvement in US performance on climate change will have to come from innovation and increased energy efficiency.
To meet this challenge, save lives, and improve economies, Africa needs a comprehensive strategy and increased investment in agriculture.
In theory, that should improve overall nutrition; but increased investment in agriculture is not a panacea.
Moreover, increased UK production would lower world prices, making countries with fewer or no shale-gas resources safer.
For example, while Americans could have supported more aggressive fuel-economy standards or increased federal taxes on energy, they didn’t.
Yields could be increased by developing better crop varieties.
In particular, they object to the plan’s proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council’s five permanent members, which wield veto power.
Over the past decade, the number of Moroccan women taking an active role in Islamist associations or political parties increased dramatically.
As a result, liberal feminists have increased their influence among both decision makers and religious women.
Economic globalization has been shown to reduce child mortality and extend life expectancy, owing to increased incomes and better information.
In the US, trade over the past half-century has increased longevity significantly.
But, while the euro’s international role – especially its use in financial markets – has increased since its inception, it is hard to envisage it overtaking the dollar as the dominant reserve currency in the foreseeable future.
Already struggling with low gas prices, increased competition, and now falling production Gazprom will be hard pressed to come up with the necessary funds without sacrificing urgent infrastructure projects.
According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), living expenses increased by 6.1% year on year in May.
The rise in commodity prices since mid-2010 – China’s commodity price index has increased by more than 100% since its 2009 low – has had an important impact.
Such catastrophic events underscore the vulnerability of coastal regions worldwide to extreme weather events that produce intense storm surges (increased water depth at the coast) and large, powerful waves.
The pace of convergence accelerated further during, and just after, the global financial crisis of 2008-2009: the aggregate average differential in per capita income growth increased to more than four percentage points in the 2008-2012 period, from a little more than two percentage points in the two decades before.
Moreover, the transfer and diffusion of technology has been facilitated greatly over the last few decades by increased foreign direct investment, the information revolution, which has facilitated access to knowledge, increased trade, and the globalization of financial markets.
The government has raised pensions and increased social support.
Beginning in the middle of that decade, however, the trade surplus for services increased significantly, while the deficit for goods started to expand.
Second, the size of other countries’ surplus with the US has not increased much.
Japan’s trade surplus with the US was $103 billion in 1985; by 2007, it had increased to only $130 billion.
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