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The overall aim of the capital-markets union is thus relatively straightforward.
Given that improving overall productivity is the best way to defend against cost shocks, the new round of structural reform should be aimed at creating conditions for economic transformation and upgrading.
As the entire international community is fighting radicalization and terrorism, we firmly believe that this effort must be part of an overall endeavor aimed at building a better world, based on cultural diversity, in which human dignity, human rights, and fundamental freedom are properly respected.
For once, Labor Day (the first Monday in September) was not the presidential race’s demarcation point: the overall themes had already been set.
One example: Venezuela’s overall population has grown 14% over the past 13 years, but electoral rolls have jumped 53%; the new voters can be ghosts, Colombians, or several generations of chavista supporters already registered to vote, even before they are born.
The first indicator is weekly unemployment claims in the US, from which one can gauge the overall strength of the US economy.
Taken together, they will have an adverse effect on worker productivity, thus undermining overall economic growth.
A higher share of seniors in the workforce has thus resulted in lower overall productivity in US states and across countries.
In theory, that should improve overall nutrition; but increased investment in agriculture is not a panacea.
The heart of the problem is not the overall quantity of oil, but its location.
Oil supply is likely to be vulnerable to political disruptions long before issues arise from overall scarcity of supply.
Even if he cuts imports from the Middle East, America will not enjoy energy security unless it curbs its overall thirst for oil.
The world’s dependence on Persian Gulf oil means that all countries have an interest in maintaining stability in that region, while improving energy efficiency and increasing the diversity of their overall energy supplies.
As a result, overall consumption might even decline.
In June, pork prices rose 57% year on year, contributing nearly two percentage points to the overall inflation rate.
The most difficult period for Chinese decision-makers was between February and September 2008, when, despite abundant signs of a softening in domestic demand, overall demand remained strong, as did inflation.
This is all the more urgent, given that consumers will not accept policies aimed at reducing emissions, such as a carbon tax, if they do not have an affordable alternative; after all, no one is expecting a drop in overall energy consumption.
In 2014, as the Chinese economy slowed relative to the US, capital flows reversed, sending China’s overall balance of payments into deficit.
In the absence of such changes, the global economy may bounce from one crisis to another without a firm hand on the rudder to establish an overall sense of direction.
As has become a ritual on such commemorative occasions, the death toll is tallied in the hundreds of thousands, and fresh reports are made of elevated rates of cancer, birth defects, and overall mortality.
While globalization has helped to boost overall prosperity, it has been most beneficial for those who form the new global elite.
To be sure, it is difficult to measure the overall importance of non-tariff barriers to trade, because they can take so many forms.
Of course, the national average is much lower (about one-half), as overall productivity is much lower, and the Chinese authorities have to calibrate policies for their entire vast country.
At the current sub-4% unemployment rate, overall wage inflation could easily move into the 3.5% zone by mid-2019.
But, in large part – and with a few exceptions in Central and Eastern Europe – emerging-market economies improved their fiscal performance by reducing overall deficits, running large primary surpluses, lowering their stock of public debt-to-GDP ratios, and reducing the currency and maturity mismatches in their public debt.
India’s overall public debt/GDP ratio has been on a declining trend, from 73.2% in 2006-07 to 66% in 2012-13 (and the central government’s debt/GDP ratio is only 46%).
Though the financial-market tensions that accompanied the euro crisis had a strong negative impact on investment in the eurozone periphery, investment demand has also remained weak in the US, minimizing the overall difference.
But it is undeniable that early diagnosis reduces overall treatment costs, and if future health systems are to be priced fairly, they must integrate health promotion.
Household spending supported overall growth close to 2% last year.
Alternatives do need to be explored, including more efficient use, diversification into more easily accessible substitutes, and reduction of overall consumption (though in all these cases, it is easier to deal with energy shortages than food shortages).
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