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But in Turkey’s constrained political environment, and with a popular if polarizing president still at the helm, opposition leaders will face a difficult struggle to maintain the momentum they have established.
Banks are required by law to maintain reserves at the Fed in proportion to the checkable deposits on their books.
And, second, European countries must maintain the capacity to deal with any major security crisis.
At the same time, in order to maintain a security framework fit to confront any conceivable security threat, Europe’s governments should preserve the entire spectrum of their naval assets.
The United Kingdom, for example, is leaving the European Union, but may want to maintain a European continental partnership, as described by a group of influential Europeans.
In terms of institutional design, it is thus optimal for the central bank to maintain a strong commitment to keeping inflation low in normal times and to be willing to intervene in a crisis.
Indeed, the economist Robert Mundell, whose work on optimal monetary zones is credited with laying the theoretical groundwork for the euro, insists that China should maintain its fixed exchange rate as a necessary part of its current phase of economic development.
As long as Asia holds its foreign reserves in dollars China’s desire to maintain a stable value for the reminbi will continue to offer tremendous advantages for trade and economic development.
As long as the world's (economically) advanced countries maintain this attitude, innovative approaches to financing economic development - and global public goods more generally - need to be tested.
The unwillingness of the Chinese to consume enabled Americans to build new houses for many years on borrowed money and to maintain a level of consumption that the US economy was unable to finance on its own.
Of course, structural reform is essential after a financial crisis, as are policies to maintain aggregate demand while the economy heals.
The reality is that ASEAN states could choose to become independent players, rather than pawns in the US-China competition, implying that it is in China’s interest to maintain ambiguity in US-ASEAN relations.
In this context, it would be prudent to maintain the distinction between portfolio and FDI.
Given increased dollar revenues and easy access to dollars, the government was able to maintain a fixed nominal exchange rate.
Two factors appear to be the most important: China’s growth rate in the coming years, and whether its growth will be sufficient to maintain high levels of global demand for commodities.
This is why, in order to maintain food prices in the medium term, other countries or regions will need to start reducing poverty at rates similar to that of China in the recent past.
We who are struggling to maintain our democracy in Ukraine believe this.
Such measures include assisting the Green Movement so that it can maintain access to the Internet, introducing additional sanctions aimed at the Revolutionary Guard, and publicly supporting the political and legal rights of the Iranian people.
To maintain the pretense that the Greek “program” was on track, a third bailout was required.
Oil-producing countries can either cut consumption, or maintain it by improving productivity.
Whether the UK can maintain its access to the European market – which accounted for 45% of its exports and 53% of its imports in 2014 – remains an open question.
They are not impressed by theatrics like Modi’s Lahore visit, and they maintain their power precisely by sustaining a narrative that spurs hostility toward India.
Of course, the cities of England’s north are proud of their unique histories and eager to maintain their individual sense of identity.
Rather than wasting time and public money to set up or maintain the Lisbon bureaucracy, the EU should closely monitor the attainment of those national and EU-wide targets that involve significant spillovers across jurisdictions.
Thus, the EU-US deal has brought to the fore the real question China’s leaders face: whether to maintain strong government support for domestic industry.
Russia clearly believes that the current tight world energy market and high prices give it enough leverage over the West to maintain its current approach.
After Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in 1949 to form the Republic of China in opposition to Mao's People's Republic, he sought to maintain his dictatorial regime but was made to recognize the importance of building Taiwan's economy so as to strengthen the island.
Leaders talk about “systemic risks” and the necessity of bailouts, but at the same time let those responsible for two consecutive systemic failures maintain the same global casino that twice brought the world near collapse.
It is no secret that the US and Europe, combined, spend more than $250 billion of public funds annually on R&D to maintain their leading positions.
The gains from avoiding the negative impact of conventional taxes work across the economy, particularly as the least well-off maintain a higher level of disposable household income.
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