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This would be a great relief to the EU, because it would postpone the evil day when Britain’s absence would create an enormous hole in the EU’s budget.
If central banks continue to postpone interest-rate increases for much longer, asset bubbles might develop – not just in the stock and housing markets, but also in, say, virtual currencies – leading to another financial crisis.
But more remote risks simply do not stimulate our emotions, so we often postpone taking action indefinitely.
This so-called ultima ratio doctrine was repeatedly invoked to postpone decisions or reject early fixes.
But unless a sea change occurs in Iranian domestic politics, they will merely postpone the difficult (and increasingly likely) choice between military action and accepting a nuclear Iran.
China in the Debt-Deflation TrapHONG KONG – In the wake of a global stock-market sell-off triggered by economic turmoil in China, the US Federal Reserve has just decided to postpone raising interest rates.
Moreover, it is relatively easy to postpone lowering oil consumption.
Yet China's rulers are right to postpone the decision to float.
CAMBRIDGE – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent policy decisions – to increase monetary stimulus dramatically, to postpone a consumption-tax increase, and to call a snap election in mid-December – have returned his country to the forefront of an intense policy debate.
It would not have been easy for Abe to postpone the move, given that it had been locked in place by broad-based political agreement before he took office.
And Kosovo’s Albanian population is clamoring for independence, while Serbia tries to postpone a decision by blocking action in the Security Council.
Women who plan to postpone marriage while building their careers are far more likely to want to ensure that they can avoid or end an unintended pregnancy.
We cannot postpone the pain of adjustment forever by printing money.
A 20% reduction in the EU’s CO2 emissions, vigorously enforced throughout this century, would merely postpone temperature increases due to global warming by two years at the end of the century, from 2100 to 2102 – a negligible change.
If Denmark sticks to this decision throughout the rest of this century, it will spend more than €200 billion to postpone global warming by five days.
The fact that inflationary pressure is still low is not a reason to postpone planning an exit from ultra-loose policy; on the contrary, the time for such discussions is when inflation is low and markets are calm.
It is not an easy choice, but it is one that Iran’s leaders cannot postpone for much longer.
Meanwhile, private creditors, anxious to avoid a haircut, will often postpone resolution in the hope that the situation will turn around.
First, since they are expected to contribute significant financial resources, emerging economies can postpone bolstering the IMF until the eurozone does more to improve the policy mix in member countries and further strengthens its financial firewalls and fiscal harmonization.
But Germany’s rapid shift to a more favorable profile is not a reason to postpone politically painful policy decisions about retirement and pensions.
Or will they, as some do, believe that it is all to sustain a cult of youth and beauty, aimed to diminish the fears of the young and to postpone the prospect of worn out old age?
Deferral allows them to postpone – potentially indefinitely – the payment of US corporate tax on their foreign earnings until they are repatriated.
The Fed’s decision in September to postpone tapering its quantitative-easing program has given emerging markets some breathing room, which they should use to bolster themselves against the inevitable reversal of easy-money inflows from the US.
The announcement of Abe’s decision to postpone the tax hike did not, as some feared, cause the market rates of Japanese government bonds to rise substantially – an indication that investors do not view the bonds as increasingly risky.
Another, more uncertain assumption underpinning the bet on more inclusive growth is that the eurozone and Japan will be able to escape the mire of low growth and avoid deflation, which, by impelling households and businesses to postpone purchasing decisions, would undermine already weak economic performance.
This means that Nigeria would be able to postpone some payments, but will be charged full market interest rates on the postponement, and is expected to eventually pay off the debts in full.
In fact, Serbia’s government is already trying to persuade the West to postpone a decision until mid-2007.
These fears multiplied when the Helsinki Summit of 1999 raised the number of candidate countries from 6 to 12.Of course, offering membership to more countries is praiseworthy, but doing so may postpone membership for the first candidates.
The longer we postpone action, the bigger the bill that we pass on to our sons and daughters and grandchildren will be.
Why, then, are political leaders in France and Germany trying so hard to prevent – or, more accurately, to postpone – the inevitable?
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