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In the short term, it is essential to prevent economic overheating: annual real GDP growth exceeded 10% in 2010,
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to expansionary fiscal and monetary policies and favorable terms of trade.
Moreover, China sits on roughly $3.3 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves – much of it in dollars, but also in other major currencies –
owing
to its large trade surplus in recent decades.
But this experience also underscores the impotence of monetary policy in a deflationary environment,
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to the unwillingness of banks to lend and of enterprises to borrow.
But, though 20 OAS member states supported the resolution, ten did not,
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to their dependence on Venezuelan oil and financing.
The EU’s malaise is self-inflicted,
owing
to an unprecedented succession of bad economic decisions, beginning with the creation of the euro.
In Greece, for example, measures intended to lower the debt burden have in fact left the country more burdened than it was in 2010: the debt-to-GDP ratio has increased,
owing
to the bruising impact of fiscal austerity on output.
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s government has failed, and now,
owing
to the parliament’s inability to choose a new Greek president, an early general election will be held on January 25.
Even in the US, Trump’s appeal is limited,
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to the demographic narrowness of his electoral base.
Gas is also better for local air quality,
owing
to the absence of the sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, mercury, and particulates emitted by burning coal.
Population may keep growing until mid-century,
owing
to rising longevity, but, reproductively speaking, our species should no longer be expanding.
It now stands at 1.8 in China,
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to the authorities’ aggressive one-child policy, while rapid urbanization and changing social attitudes have brought down India’s TFR to 2.6.
The United States is one of a handful of advanced countries with a growing workforce,
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to its relative openness to immigration.
And with Saudi Arabia and four Sunni allies imposing isolation on Qatar, in part
owing
to the Qataris’ close relations with Iran, this conflict has reached its first potential tipping point at the very center of the region, the Persian Gulf.
As MBS plays with fire, US President Donald Trump has offered him broad support,
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to his own animosity toward Iran and, perhaps, the hope that Saudi Arabia will support a US-led peace plan on Palestine.
One can think of the US economy as an 8-cylinder engine running on five,
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to residual deleveraging, fiscal consolidation and drag, public-sector investment shortfalls, and questions about the financial health and security of middle-income households (the backbone of domestic aggregate demand).
The key liberalizing reforms that would enhance the economy’s flexibility and pace of adjustment are simply not on the agenda
(owing
to an underlying lack of trust among voters).
None of this bodes well for Europe, which will be directly affected by an escalation of tensions in the region,
owing
to its geographic proximity and historic obligations to Israel.
Strongmen tend to self-destruct,
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to colossal mistakes that doom their grandiose ambitions.
The appointment of the Italian foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has been widely questioned,
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to her limited executive experience in foreign policy.
Papandreou enjoys a clear parliamentary majority, and he is highly respected in Turkey,
owing
to the pivotal role he played as Greece’s foreign minister in initiating the rapprochement with Turkey in l999.
And yet confidence in the recent decisions taken in Brussels remains low,
owing
not only to dissipated trust and the fuss about the British veto, but also to the apparent absence of measures to intervene in the current crisis.
In addition to Cyprus’s close ties to Greece and Russia, rooted in their shared Orthodox tradition, it has an important historical connection to the United Kingdom,
owing
to the lasting cultural impact of British colonial rule from 1925 until 1960.
Aggregate growth trends have decoupled, though cycles within these trends are correlated,
owing
to financial globalization and trade interdependencies.
And, while the global market for human antifungal therapeutics is worth over $6 billion and growing,
owing
to population aging and growing risks from fungal infections, generic competition is strong.
Yet the plans have fueled the most persistent anti-American protests on Okinawa in decades,
owing
to safety concerns.
The gap is already wide – the International Monetary Fund forecasts a $484 billion deficit this year for the US, versus a $262 billion surplus for the eurozone – and is almost certain to widen much further,
owing
to the euro's 20% depreciation since the IMF released its estimate last autumn.
But there is also a higher risk of disaster,
owing
to a seemingly inborn human tendency to extrapolate past returns.
This dynamism could lead to instability,
owing
to multiple sources of mistrust and the lack of strong regional institutions to help manage rivalries.
Transmission in the US was nearly impossible,
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to the strength of the US health system, it was thought.
Many face macroeconomic risks,
owing
to exchange-rate volatility, large debt burdens, and non-diversified, unsustainable economic structures.
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