Manipulation
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525 examples of Manipulation in a sentence
The economist Jeffrey Frankel has called currency
manipulation
a chimera, declaring that “linking efforts to prevent currency
manipulation
to trade agreements has always been a bad idea, and it still is.”
Likewise, ubiquitous social media generate new transnational groups, but also create opportunities for
manipulation
by governments and others.
In 2002, Western financial institutions were thought to be wizards at managing risk and allocating capital; today, we see that they are wizards at market
manipulation
and other deceptive practices.
The Return of the Renminbi RantNEW HAVEN – China’s currency, the renminbi, has been weakening in recent months, resurrecting familiar charges of manipulation, competitive devaluation, and beggar-thy-neighbor mercantilism.
In response, they have fixated on the Chinese component of a long-gaping trade deficit, charging that currency
manipulation
is the culprit to the long festering woes of the American middle class.
It arises not from the alleged
manipulation
of the renminbi, but from the simple fact that America does not save.
Clearly, careless
manipulation
by the authorities of patriotic sentiments has proven to be a risky business in Russia.
This sort of
manipulation
is now a Kremlin staple.
This was compounded by a crisis of conduct, as scandals broke out over the misselling of financial products, global currency manipulation, and the rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor, the benchmark interest rate that some banks charge one another for short-term loans).
Perhaps the program’s most innovative feature was its focus on teaching consumers how to detect emotional manipulation, and how to disengage from such information.
Navalny’s candidacy received a recent boost when he became a convicted criminal, following a trial that resembled Khodorkovsky’s in terms of blatant political
manipulation.
A company’s legal residence and geographic sources of income can be and are manipulated for such purposes, and the incentives and scope for such
manipulation
are especially large in sectors where competitive advantage depends on intangible capital and knowledge – sectors that play a major role in the US economy’s competitiveness.
The “cow head” protest, which was led by UMNO members, quickly fuelled racially-charged
manipulation
of public sentiment.
The caning of Kartika, on the other hand, is not an example of political manipulation, and for this reason is perhaps even more worrisome.
But we should be far more worried that fear about the collapse or
manipulation
of markets creates a demand for action that makes such a collapse more rather than less likely.
It is also supplemented by an increasingly sophisticated system of
manipulation
and spin.
Whenever
manipulation
efforts fail, cyber-attacks offer yet another powerful tool to crack down on dissent without triggering public accusations of formal censorship.
The argument for legislative action is tantalizingly simple: the US merchandise trade deficit has averaged a record 4.4% of GDP since 2005, with China accounting for fully 35% of the shortfall, supposedly owing to its currency
manipulation.
Obama’s presumptive Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, has promised to declare China guilty of currency
manipulation
the day he takes office.
But, while the total reflects bilateral deficits with just about everyone, the US Congress is obsessed with China, and appears convinced that the primary cause of the problem lies in Chinese
manipulation
of the renminbi’s exchange rate.
Make no mistake: Trump’s accusation of Chinese currency
manipulation
is not supported by the facts.
With Trump in the White House, what was once viewed in the US as the “nuclear” option – officially charging China with currency
manipulation
and imposing high across-the-board tariffs on Chinese imports – has become a strong possibility.
It is purely self-serving
manipulation
of others and the public.
These institutions represent a viable alternative to the extremes of capitalism that have given rise to morally reprehensible practices, from predatory lending and market
manipulation
in the financial sector to tech companies’ abuse of personal data and emissions cheating in the automobile industry.
To compensate, Yakuza groups plunged into financial fraud, stock manipulation, and cybercrime, giving rise to a new generation of gangster-nerds, more interested in business than blackmail.
The most alarming development is how deep the ideological vetting now cuts, invading areas that once were immune to this kind of
manipulation.
You would have difficulty finding many members of the US Congress who do not ascribe some of America’s problems, including the hollowing out of the middle class, to China’s alleged currency
manipulation.
Goodhart concedes that banks’ “risk weightings” in the pre-recession period were subject to political pressure and “financial-industry capture and manipulation.”
The battle being fought for the soul of the Middle East cannot be won online, nor can it be subdued through the cynical
manipulation
of trust and fear.
The fact that Argentina’s annual inflation rate has stood at 20% or more for over a decade clearly illustrates this – and cannot be obscured by frozen utility rates and repeated
manipulation
of the consumer price index.
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