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But, though the Fed is independent of the White House, it is not independent of Congress.
Vichy France embraced Catholic Corporatism, as did German protectorates over Belgium and the Czech lands, as well as nominally independent Slovakia under Monsignor Jozef Tiso.
Even Bachelet’s critics agree that Chile’s basic macroeconomic policies will not change: an independent central bank committed to price stability, a free-trade regime with a floating currency, and a fiscal policy that will keep deficits and public debt low.
Building independent, non-partisan regulatory bodies was one of the key pillars of the 2001-2002 reform program.
But these reforms have been rolled back recently, with independent regulatory authorities again coming under the control of government ministries (though it seems that the central bank has retained much of its autonomy).
Rather, it was said, independent ganglia controlled different segments of the insect’s body.
The party’s caucus in the House of Representatives made it their order of business to try to gut an independent ethics committee established in the wake of scandals a decade ago.
Walter Shaub, Director of the independent Office of Government Ethics, which was established after Watergate, spoke out on the subject.
But today, in Amman, as in almost every Arab capital, independent meetings and debates about how to move forward are taking place in art galleries, think tanks, salons, ordinary households, and, most significantly, online.
In addition to other opposition candidates, much attention has focused on Ahn Cheol-soo, Dean of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology at Seoul National University, who is a successful entrepreneur and a charismatic figure for South Korea’s young and independent voters.
Moreover, effective courts must be politically independent.
Absent the IMF, the one institution that might be able to take action is the fiercely independent European Central Bank.
Second, Europe has failed to introduce an independent European Research Council to ensure that funding is allocated on the basis of scientific merit.
And they do not hesitate to undermine an independent press or judiciary when their business interests are threatened.
With professional and politically independent management, a city could, it can reasonably be assumed, earn a 3% yield on its commercial assets.
Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, is often quoted as having said (as early as 1957) that the idea of a potentially independent Singapore was a “political, economic, and geographical absurdity.”
Senior positions – including two on the indispensible three-member independent election commission – stand vacant, leaving vital institutions unable to function effectively.
For independent observers, the ministry’s grim forecast comes as no surprise.
Free the RegulatorsCorporate accounting scandals - indeed, the economic history of the last decade - demonstrate that global financial markets need politically independent regulatory agencies.
Over the past 15 years, as many central banks became legally independent from government influence, the results in terms of lower price inflation have become undeniable.
Just as an independent central bank helps the private sector take long-term decisions based on a clear and stable set of rules, so an independent financial sector regulator can ensure that the rules of the regulatory game are applied consistently over time.
One reason that greater independence for regulators in general has been unpopular with politicians is the legitimate fear that independent state agencies could turn into an uncontrolled fourth branch of government.
In the long-term, financial stability, no less than price stability, requires independent and accountable regulators and supervisors.
The Hamas/Fatah face-off marks a dramatic shift in Palestinian politics, whose top priorities until now has been an end to the Israeli occupation and the establishment of an independent state.
But over three days that month, the Cuban government arrested Rivero and 27 other independent journalists.
Rivero formed an independent news service and under the noses-and watchful eyes-of the authorities, sent his work abroad.
Meanwhile, a robustly independent media and an active network of civil-society organizations are reporting on corruption and lobbying for development and security for all Kenyans.
Then they freed themselves of all but the lightest contact with their political masters: they became independent technocrats, a monetary priesthood that spoke in Delphic terms obscure to mere mortals.
Active labor market interventions and the envisaged public employment services should be structured as public-private partnerships, building on the demonstrated success of established independent initiatives.
In pressing its claims under this regime, Al Jazeera is showing how media investors might be able to use the mechanisms of international investment law to stop host countries from interfering with independent reporting, while helping to establish global norms regarding freedom of expression.
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