Likelihood
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Was it not obvious that illegally amassing immense personal wealth would increase the
likelihood
that he would be overthrown and spend the rest of his life in prison or, at best, in exile?
For starters, the IMF’s research and similar studies show that the
likelihood
of a bailout over the life of the bonds already issued by banks is indeed now lower.
Declaring an ADIZ, which the United States would certainly ignore, would sharply increase the
likelihood
of military incidents, with wholly unforeseeable consequences.
Indeed, if the Fed makes an inadvertent mistake (the
likelihood
of this is considerable, given the country’s complex situation and the “unusually uncertain” outlook), it is more likely to err on the side of staying accommodative for too long, rather than tightening monetary policy prematurely.
By diminishing the prospects for a permanent negotiated agreement on our nuclear program, such behavior increases the
likelihood
that the Iran-US standoff will continue.
With a politically weakened Germany, a hostile Eastern Europe, a largely paralyzed Spain, and now the
likelihood
of a populist government in power in one of Europe’s founding members, France and its president, Emmanuel Macron, a firm believer in the European ideal of “ever closer union,” risk being in a position of “splendid isolation.”
The country must drastically tighten its domestic monetary policy, curtail foreign borrowing, and prepare for the
likelihood
of a full-blown economic recession, during which time domestic saving will slowly have to be rebuilt.
A high CEO pay slice is associated with an increased
likelihood
of the CEO receiving a “lucky” option grant with an exercise price equal to the lowest price in the month in which it was granted.
This raises the
likelihood
that current grievances will result in real change.
We can provide our genetic samples to data-driven trials to learn about our
likelihood
to respond to particular therapies.
For example, while the
likelihood
of an invasion threat is judged to be low, the Defense White Paper of 2004 argues that the SDF’s “most fundamental function” is to prepare for the worst, because sufficient defensive power cannot be developed overnight.
The air force is to continue its monitoring activities in neighboring airspace and maintain response readiness against air attack, while modifying invasion response tactics somewhat as the
likelihood
of an attack from the air diminishes.
As the scare stories become more inflated, so, too, does the
likelihood
that they will be exposed for the exaggerations that they are – and the public will end up tuning the whole thing out.
But he warns of their increasing
likelihood.
The
likelihood
that the Fed would have to take drastic steps to curb galloping inflation, together with the effects of the 1979 oil crisis, made a serious recession quite likely.
The decision to allow opposition leader Alexei Navalny to stand in Moscow’s recent mayoral election was a welcome move toward a more open system, but the political calculation behind it and the
likelihood
of vote rigging to prevent a runoff against his victorious opponent hardly suggest a Pauline conversion to democracy.
Indeed, as the
likelihood
of QE has increased over this year, asset prices have already moved upward, as predicted.
Indeed, poorly negotiated contracts are a recipe for adverse business outcomes, such as reduced security of mining titles, increased
likelihood
of operational disruptions from targeted civil protests, and greater risk of revisions to tax and other conditions.
Two controlled clinical trials have demonstrated that MBCT can reduce the
likelihood
of relapse by about 40-50% in people who have suffered three or more previous episodes of depression.
By understanding that their world is changing – and that the
likelihood
of future disasters is increasing – these populations can build resilience and learn to adapt to the sudden and slow stresses of a changing climate.
The ECB’s impaired ability to address sovereign and currency risks means that it will have to break the feedback loop via the banks – a more difficult and less effective approach that increases the
likelihood
of a market panic and a deeper crisis.
Given the
likelihood
that the threat alone would be enough to eliminate the need to enforce it, the outcome would probably not differ from that of the current approach.
As last year’s aborted attack on ten airliners heading to the US from London revealed, the
likelihood
of a terrorist attack on American citizens emanating from a European country remains high.
A risk-based approach supervising individual firms can be adopted by a single regulator, with resources allocated not only across firms but also across sectors on the basis of the
likelihood
of problems arising and of the impact on consumers and on market confidence if problems emerge.
By attacking the children of military families, the Taliban has dramatically increased the
likelihood
that Pakistan will move resolutely against it.
But the
likelihood
of another crisis is quite small, and its adverse impact would be far less devastating this time around, as there are no more massive credit or asset bubbles to burst.
And the rapid reductions in budget deficits that European governments are now pledged to undertake can only increase the
likelihood
of a full double-dip recession.
Unfortunately, the eurozone crisis is likely to remain with us for years to come, sustaining the
likelihood
of coercive debt restructurings and eurozone exits.
Most everybody has heard by now of the
likelihood
of long-term global warming, in which the heavy use of oil and gas by industrial economies leads to a rising concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
And the
likelihood
that other countries will retaliate makes the situation all the more dangerous.
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