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Many have argued that lengthening the policy horizon by precisely defining “the medium term” would give policymakers room to pursue other objectives temporarily.
The goal should be to limit what they can accomplish in the short term; to get them to change their policies in the medium term; and to set in motion forces that will bring about new and fundamentally different governments and societies in the long term.
As long as China continues to pursue pro-market reforms, it will remain the largest single-country contributor to global GDP growth over the medium term – unperturbed by stock-market volatility.
That would represent an extra 3-4 million barrels per day on top of today's production, or roughly $30-40 billion per year--enough not only to restore basic services, but to achieve big improvements in living standards and economic growth in the medium term.
But, in the medium term, the key will be labor rights: unionization and collective bargaining; prohibition of child labor, unpaid overtime, unjustified dismissal, and excessive outsourcing; and skills training to meet the economy’s changing needs.
Over the medium to long term, exchange rates are indeed driven by what happens in the real economy.
This problem is aggravated by the fact that the ECB chooses its own inflation target, which was last defined in 2003 as “below, but close to, 2% over the medium term.”
Only it can establish progressive taxes, adequate regulation of privatized public services, support to small and medium size companies, more efficiency in the public spending and a significant improvement in the education and health systems.
Over the medium term, according to Wolf, countries need to put in place regulatory measures that lower debt levels and discourage overleveraging.
(To be sure, in the medium or long run, monetary expansion can facilitate increased domestic production and trade, thereby generating positive spillover effects.)
Call it Marshall McLuhan-inspired governance: the medium (or instrument) is the message.
Their recommendations should be binding, but they should also be focused on the medium term, rather than on annual fiscal outcomes.
Apart from a World Bank presentation for a possible pilot infrastructure program, there is little to suggest how the 2% target could be met over the medium term.
The true challenges facing China lie in the medium and long term.
It also means getting the balance between domestic and external demand right, and appreciating the sensitivity of medium- and long-term growth to the composition (and size) of domestic aggregate demand.
An international currency is used and held beyond the issuing country’s borders, and plays the role of unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value for residents and non-residents alike.
On the other hand, foreign banks were always falling short in assuring an adequate supply of credit to small and medium sized Argentine firms.
Even more important, inflation expectations have started to de-anchor: forecasters and investors expect the undershooting of the target to persist over the medium term.
Yet, at least in the medium term, that presence implies a significant risk of inciting a global confrontation between China and the US.
Yet, given Europe’s growing economic dependence on East Asia, its interests are massively engaged – a mismatch that could cause the EU considerable discomfort in the medium term.
According to an unwritten rule that has emerged over the years, central banks can do as they see fit, as long as they keep inflation stable over the medium term.
Such assistance will not yield immediate results, but awareness of the medium term - which means readiness to face it by delaying immediate gratification - is also a sign of a liberal order.
Self-employment as well small and medium sized businesses have to be the way out.
Credible measures that deliver and anchor savings in the medium term will help create space to accommodate growth today – by allowing a slower pace of consolidation.
In the medium term, the absence of the rule of law constitutes the most serious problem for the countries in question.
This effort is particularly urgent in North Africa, East Africa, and the Sahel, where jihadists are currently operating; but, over the medium to long term, other parts of the continent will also require attention.
With every shift in medium, there is a period of mourning for the old one.
Worse still, in the medium turn the monetary overhang may lead to significant inflationary risks.
France is suffering from high structural unemployment and low potential growth, and its public finances are unsustainable in the medium term.
If, as is likely, financial markets and the economy run into headwinds in the medium term – perhaps in the run-up to the next presidential election – Trump will almost certainly blame his troubles on the Fed.
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