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Having low to moderate levels of public debt is important, because debt levels that reach 80-90% of GDP become a serious drag on economic growth.
Then came long-established forces like the Nepali Congress, a social-democratic party modeled on its Indian namesake, and the moderate Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), which, despite its name, is committed to electoral politics within a democratic system.
Americans evidently hope for a world in which they can have feckless deficit-generating fiscal policies, a very low private savings rate, and a moderate rate of investment, all financed by foreign capital whose owners are happy to bear the risks yet have no control over their assets.
It was important to moderate the competition in order to allow pressure for change to build up from within the Soviet bloc.
The Sunnis are divided, with the more moderate forces opposing the radical Al Qaeda affiliates.
Indeed, it is now clear that the agreement’s chief side effect has been to breathe new life into the regime, thereby frustrating the hope of the more moderate rebel groups and allowing Al Qaeda-linked forces to gather support and strength within the opposition.
Finally, with the moderate Rouhani now installed as President, a US military strike could undermine a golden opportunity for America and Iran to reach a face-saving solution (for both sides) on Iran’s nuclear program.
Abbas and his prime minister, Salam Fayyad, have been more moderate, and more open to serious negotiations with Israel, than any Palestinian leaders before.
After failing to moderate Bashir into accepting a secular decentralized or confederate Sudan, Egypt, a key Arab player concerned about the stability of its southern border, has come to accept the inevitability of secession – so long as the new state lines up with it on the issue of the Nile’s waters.
As the euro remains strong relative to the dollar in 2004, America's trade deficit will moderate, but at the cost of making a robust European recovery all the more difficult.
His economic failures have highlighted the need for a more moderate and capable president.
The breakdown of talks would benefit extremists on both sides and push moderate Kurds into the arms of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and a renewed Kurdish insurgency.
Cruz, as well as the supposedly more moderate Jeb Bush, even suggested that only Christians should be allowed into the US.
Hamas’s military collapse would not pave the way for the moderate Fatah to return to power in Gaza; it would enthrone Islamic Jihad and Al Qaeda.
The GCC countries have low levels of government debt and can run moderate budget deficits without jeopardizing fiscal sustainability.
In fact, the most phenomenal export-oriented growth experiences to date – Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China – all occurred when import tariffs in the US and Europe were at moderate levels, and higher than where they are today.
Thanks to the lifting of sanctions under the JCPOA, that negotiation would take place against a background of steadily improving economic conditions, which would persuade the Iranian public of the tangible benefits of a moderate and cooperative approach.
Moderate Arab governments understand full well the issue at stake in this war: it is about regional hegemony in the case of Syria with Lebanon and Palestine and, on a wider level, Iran’s hegemonic claim to the entire Middle East.
And let’s not forget the attitude of moderate Arab governments toward this war and to the hidden intentions of those who sought it.
Carter had difficulty choosing between the muscular line of his national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and the more moderate approach of his secretary of state, Cyrus Vance.
The debate does not lead to agreement, moderate voters do not know what to believe, and policy choices ultimately follow the path of least resistance – until they run into a brick wall.
There is simply little or no empirical evidence that inflation, at the low to moderate rates that have prevailed in recent decades, has any significant harmful real effects on output, employment, growth, or the distribution of income.
His moderate reputation is more a matter of style than substance, but it goes a long way outside Croatia.
In fact, social democrats were regarded as more dangerous than hard-line conservatives, because their moderate left-wing talk only served to postpone the revolution.
The proposed bill attracted support from moderate Muslim leaders, but its most vocal advocates were a collection of radical religious groups with a predilection for violence, led by the Islamic Defenders Front (known by its Indonesian acronym, FPI).
The moderate agenda has gained important ground this month – but the struggle to establish Indonesia’s political and religious identity is far from over.
Western leaders put on a brave face, believing that moderate crooks were better than motley extremists.
Sweden’s recently re-elected moderate conservatives will have to rely on the Democrats to form a viable government.
They would then not only have to prove their competence, but also moderate their attitudes.
There, the populist Freedom Party splintered, as some opted to moderate their views in order to succeed in government.
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