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They continue to hold very large positions in dollar-denominated assets, which they would not do if they thought the US faced a choice between a cheap dollar and a deep depression.
The emerging economies hit hardest by short-term capital outflows and equity-market declines during the last year had experienced large appreciations in their real exchange rates and large deteriorations in their current-account positions.
If that trend continues, it will prevent further erosion of household wealth and strengthen the banks’ capital positions.
Thus, they would minimize the deterioration in their trade surpluses, maintain competitive exchange rates, and safeguard their foreign reserves and net-creditor positions.
Recent reports suggest that there are more than three million unfilled job openings, and about 49% of employers say that they have difficulty filling positions, especially in information technology, engineering, and skilled trades.
Generally, most high-ranking castes occupied high economic positions, and the majority of the “untouchable” castes were confined to the lowest economic positions.
In some regions, e.g., Mysore (Karnataka), Madras (Tamil Nadu) and Uttar Pradesh, some lower castes occupy higher economic positions than high castes.
The most obvious fact in the data is the great disparity in the economic positions of castes sharing the same ritual rank.
Most other cultivating and artisan castes, enjoying similar ritual ranks as the financially more successful group, occupied much lower economic positions, which resulted in an amazing degree of heterogeneity among backward castes.
In some regions – Uttar Pradesh, Bombay (Maharashtra and Gujarat), and the Telugu speaking areas of Madras (Andhra Pradesh) – the lowest economic positions were occupied by some “backward” castes, not by untouchables.
A fully developed contingency plan – a sophisticated blend of amphibious, airborne, and ground penetrations to reach swiftly and deeply behind the front, before rolling back and destroying Hezbollah positions one by one from the rear, all the way to the Israeli border – was never implemented.
And governments must reallocate resources from institutions -- and the bureaucracies that have a vested interest in preserving their positions -- to organizations that support community-based living.
Did the outcome - together with Republican gains in the Congress - represent an endorsement of Bush's positions?
But long-term relationships are based on friendship and respect; coherent, well-argued positions will earn that respect.
These positions imply a desire to exercise sovereign power over the Economic and Monetary Union’s rules and decisions.
The first ingredients of a common collective identity have been injected into the EU’s enlarged membership, which is still marked by diverse positions, sensitivities, and expectations.
The Government's tax and spending positions have changed mightily since then, so Brown cannot rely on similar surpluses at the equivalent stage of the next cycle.
But giving diplomacy a chance will require Trump to abandon his incendiary rhetoric and maximalist positions, and work constructively with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In Germany in the 1950s, there were many complaints about old Nazis reappearing in a democratic guise and occupying important positions.
But her Brexit strategy, in which she has avoided taking any clear positions, has transformed the party into something even worse: a dishonest, divided, weak political cabal whose decisions could prove lethal.
Germany ensures that Germans fill the leading positions in EU bodies.
As in other commodity markets, oil futures are subject to an imbalance between long- and short-term positions.
For example, there is a higher demand among oil producers for short-term hedging than there is among manufacturers for long-term positions.
On many issues, the positions of populist parties conflict with the traditional pro-capital and pro-market platforms of established center-right parties.
There was a time when the PLO held positions that were the same as those of Hamas.
The resulting power vacuums were filled by those whose prior positions in society gave them an inside track at the time of the popular uprising.
Exhibit A is the two sides’ positions on tax policy.
But within a year or two, Reagan began to recognize just how badly the US needed international institutions, and he moderated his positions.
The European External Action Service (EEAS), which is meant to enable the EU “to speak with one voice,” was launched only at the end of 2010 and many senior positions remain unfilled.
They have the power to direct their firms’ campaign contributions, to offer positions or business to politicians’ relatives or associates (or to politicians upon retirement), and to use their businesses to support issues and causes that politicians seek to advance.
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