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Lebanon’s resilience owes much to the memory of its
painful
civil war (1975-1990).
By and large, the surge in capital inflows has boosted consumption rather than investment in recipient countries, exacerbating economic volatility and making
painful
financial crises more frequent.
So the question is whether these euro-zone members will be willing to undergo
painful
fiscal consolidation and internal real depreciation through deflation and structural reforms in order to increase productivity growth and prevent an Argentine-style outcome: exit from the monetary union, devaluation, and default.
Monetizing the fiscal deficits would then become the path of least resistance: running the printing presses is much easier than politically
painful
deficit reduction.
What began as a strategic shift to an area of the world replete with long-term US interests has become – even to many anxious Americans – an exercise in picking new fights with a country of 1.3 billion people undergoing
painful
internal transformations of its own.
The Harsh Truth About India’s GodmenNEW DELHI – Late last month, when two Indian states and the national capital were held to ransom by rioting mobs protesting their spiritual leader’s conviction on two counts of raping minor girls, many Indians found themselves confronting several
painful
truths about their country.
But both perspectives elide the fact that change will depend on politically
painful
domestic reforms.
So then-President Néstor Kirchner’s government tore up the contracts and cut off exports to Chile, stunting its economic growth and leaving
painful
memories among its citizens.
In recent years, a number of countries, often after
painful
reforms, have become democratic, showing that it is possible to "globalize" democracy as well as trade.
In short, QE3 reduces the tail risk of an outright economic contraction, but is unlikely to lead to a sustained recovery in an economy that is still enduring a
painful
deleveraging process.
From Memory to Denial in RussiaLONDON – My most
painful
experience in Russia was a visit to Perm-36, the only one of Stalin’s forced-labor camps to have been preserved, in 1998.
If so, then Europe’s deconstruction – or, worse, its collapse – would be a shockingly fearful and
painful
business.
Indeed, physiological indicators have less of an impact on a patient’s prognosis after a
painful
injury than psychological and social factors such as depression or poor coping skills.
For example, in March, Li said that implementing the needed market reforms “will be very painful, and even feel like cutting one’s wrist.”
So it is all the more striking – and
painful
– that for so long this specific war crime has received little attention.
So China has reached a crucial juncture: without
painful
structural adjustment, its economic-growth momentum can suddenly be lost.
Any structural adjustment is
painful.
But the longer the delay, the more
painful
it will be.
Has an overly forgiving nature prevented Filipinos from achieving closure in so many
painful
chapters of their history, or are the ravages of impunity to blame?
Such a maneuver, Lou mused aloud, would be economically
painful
enough to influence US elections.
The result can only be deeper – and ultimately more
painful
– isolation.
Hostility on the football pitch merely reflects the existing tense relations between the two countries, which carry the weight of a
painful
history.
And it is unclear whether the penalties for total deficits that exceed 3% of GDP would be
painful
enough for countries to sacrifice greater countercyclical fiscal stimulus.
Spillover effects are inevitable, and once a corrosive increase in inflationary expectations sets in, it becomes all the more
painful
to unwind.
Painful
restructuring is sure to follow.
But new measures introduced last month have driven an increasingly frustrated population – which, until recently, had endured
painful
austerity with little of the public outcry seen elsewhere in southern Europe – to the streets to demand a general election two years ahead of schedule.
First and foremost, the dogma that solid public finances – and, more broadly, a functioning state – can be achieved only through
painful
austerity is an illusion.
Each of them gave a different version of the process, but they held a common view: circumcision is intensely painful, and I must be prepared for much bleeding.
True, German growth owes much to the country’s willingness a decade ago to engage in
painful
economic reforms, especially of labor-market rules.
Painful
deleveraging – less spending and more saving to reduce debt and leverage – remains ongoing in most advanced economies, which implies slow economic growth.
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