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The world’s trade regime is currently driven by a peculiarly mercantilist logic: You lower your barriers in return for me
lowering
mine.
This will, it is thought, enable the government to borrow money more cheaply than it would otherwise be able to do, in turn
lowering
interest rates for private borrowers, which should boost economic activity.
But no one should think that this
lowering
of the temperature is permanent.
In the short term, it is important that monetary policy in the US and Europe vigilantly fight Japanese-style deflation, which would only exacerbate debt problems by
lowering
incomes relative to debts.
The most important measures required cutting budget deficits, often at the cost of
lowering
public expenditures.
Current California Governor Jerry Brown has spent the last eight years cleaning up the fiscal mess the state’s voters created back in 1978, when they passed Proposition 13,
lowering
property taxes by 57%.
But, by
lowering
long-term interest rates, central-bank purchases of government debt can help contain government debt service.
In a demand-constrained regime, recent measures to increase labor-market flexibility – and thus facilitate the
lowering
of wages by employers – will not result in faster growth.
Meanwhile, the country’s monetary authorities have much more leeway to boost the economy by
lowering
interest rates at a time when the threat of inflation is diminishing.
If the government embraces this agenda, the troika should reward it with debt relief, both by extending loan maturities and by
lowering
interest rates.
An ideal result would focus attention on the need to reduce the barriers to all kinds of human mobility – both internal and across national borders – by
lowering
its economic and social costs.
Moreover, American buyers would shift some of their purchases to products produced by US firms or to imports from other countries, further
lowering
the net cost.
Within this mechanism, countries that pursued reckless fiscal policies could be gradually excluded from the system by
lowering
their Blue Bond allocation.
Government can either spend more money itself, or try to stimulate private spending by cutting taxes or
lowering
interest rates.
The S&P downgrade resulted in a “flight to quality,” meaning that investors bought US government debt – thus increasing its price and
lowering
the rate that the federal government pays to borrow.
And yet there is considerable reason to hope not only for formal handshakes and bilateral meetings among Northeast Asia’s “Big Three” leaders, but also for substantive discussions aimed at
lowering
tensions in the region.
The most substantial potential boost to spending comes from a temporary reduction of the payroll tax,
lowering
the rate paid by employees on income up to about $100,000 from 6.2% to 4.2%.
Obama’s recent statement that he favors reforming personal and corporate taxes by
lowering
rates and broadening the tax base reinforces that impression.
But it cannot push the string up: if economic growth stalls, as when confidence is seriously damaged,
lowering
interest rates may not be enough to stimulate demand.
These import barriers would pull workers and capital into import-competing sectors and away from export sectors, roughly leaving the US trade balance unchanged while
lowering
national income and average living standards.
But before that can happen, African countries need to agree on a common schedule for
lowering
their import barriers.
The ocean’s health is now largely dependent upon
lowering
CO2 emissions within the next few decades, before runaway ocean acidification occurs and sea levels change radically.
Fourth, the volume of agricultural trade between countries must be increased, which can be accomplished by harmonizing trade regulations,
lowering
transportation costs, reducing tariffs, and improving warehouse and cold-storage facilities.
The discount is essential for reducing sovereign debt in the periphery to manageable levels and
lowering
immediate debt payments, thereby freeing resources for the investment and consumption that make growth possible.
Currency devaluation – which would boost the competitiveness of domestic industry by
lowering
export prices – obviously is not an option in a monetary union.
In the fall of 1998, then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan favored
lowering
interest rates, in part because of the emerging-markets crisis in Asia and Russia.
The Bali package commits WTO members to moving toward
lowering
non-tariff trade barriers – for example, by establishing more transparent customs regulations and reducing trade-related paperwork.
Progress will be achieved not by building monuments for politicians or holding summits, but by
lowering
the costs of doing business and raising the incomes of our people.
Firstly, China succeeded in
lowering
its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 1.79%, 4.04% and 4.59% respectively for 2006, 2007, and 2008, which strongly suggests the prospect of meeting the 20% objective by 2010.
Second, the United States took advantage of this by
lowering
interest rates to unprecedented levels, inducing a housing bubble, with mortgages available to anyone not on a life-support system.
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