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The fact is that experimental monetary policy has produced positive results.
Clearly, the Chinese government hoped that positive wealth effects from rising asset prices would stimulate consumption.
One camp notes that, for decades, no advanced country has dared to do this, and that is why these countries still enjoy a positive reputation.
Some outcomes may be more positive, or at least less damaging, than expected.
Tony Blair’s PalestineLONDON –Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has many positive attributes, including great charm.
But because reform in Europe is usually only discussed, the benefits fail to materialize: people work harder only when they are sure that tax rates are actually cut, and in financial markets the positive effects of lower government spending do not come before any reform is approved.
The result has been a sharp fall in consumer confidence: the German index of consumer sentiment was small but positive in November 2000; it has since fallen to -20, the sharpest decline in the euro area.
The only positive signs in consumption are seen among the youngest households, those headed by people in their early twenties, who evidently hope that sooner or later the reforms will be approved and their tax burden reduced.
Measures to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency, anemia, and vitamin A, iodine, and zinc deficiencies – which remain significant in some countries of the region – would have a positive impact.
But important things are created in our modern global financial system, both positive and negative.
Moreover, welcoming a country like Turkey will send a positive signal to the Muslim world.
Yields on German ten-year bunds are in positive territory, having risen by around 50 basis points since the US election.
So the immediate impact of Trump’s victory has been a net positive for the eurozone – and the benefits seem set to continue.
Proof positive that proportional representation can produce strange outcomes.
Population aging in advanced economies is the manageable consequence of positive developments.
Both increased longevity and falling fertility rates are hugely positive developments for human welfare.
By contributing to the integration of the Middle East into the global system, Turkey’s democracy and market economy are having a positive spillover on its southern neighbors, however modest.
American engagement is necessary to provide momentum, but it is Europe’s weight that has served as the critical mass required to move the world’s liberal order in a positive direction.
Even the free circulation of workers and people in Europe is a well-established and positive reality: 2% of EU citizens – more than 10 million people – reside in a Union member country other than their native one.
In the United Kingdom, for example, the government expects to focus instead on “targeted interventions” designed to create positive incentives, correct market failures, and address social, geographical, and sectoral imbalances.
For example, governments should consider large infrastructure investments that have positive externalities – say, shorter commuting times, with their economic and social benefits – and that may be too large or too risky for the private sector.
Trade deficits and surpluses also matter, as do stock-market and property valuations, the cyclical outlook for corporate profits, and positive or negative surprises for economic growth and inflation.
Unless voters hear about the positive impact that their generosity is having, they will inevitably focus on issues closer to home.
When the voters decide in the spring of 2007, their choice may depend more on negative than positive considerations, as it did in 2002, when Chirac faced the odious nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round.
Bernard Kouchner, during his stint as foreign minister, stated publicly that France’s position on Iran sent a positive signal to Israel.
There were a few positive developments in 2018.
Many responses were positive: the book is Publishers Weekly’s top science book of the fall.
But the tone of some of the criticism – from “mystic woo-woo about the froo froo” to “bad news for everybody who has one” – suggests that even a culture in which millions of women are devouring a novel about sadomasochism, Fifty Shades of Grey, still has problems discussing women’s sexuality in a positive, empowering way.
China will likely go to great lengths to foster a more positive attitude among the dozens of European leaders visiting this year’s World Expo in Shanghai.
The country with the largest current-account surplus is, no surprise, China, with a positive balance of more than $300 billion.
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