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On the other hand, if the ECB
preferred
to let major countries, such as Italy, default on their debts, this would likely weaken the euro even further, as investors feared a contagion of defaults.
They saved him from defeat; a narrow majority of West German voters
preferred
the CDU/CSU (40.8 percent) to the SPD (38.3) and a center-right coalition (48.4) to a "red-green" one (47.7).
But by January, my holiday cheer is usually replaced with dread because the tensions fueling Bush’s rhetoric – and the reasons he dismissed Bill Clinton’s
preferred
label of “partner” – have never adequately been addressed.
Neither alternative is particularly charming, which would explain why he
preferred
to obscure his country’s position.
That is why they voted five years ago for Tea Party politicians, who
preferred
a government shutdown to a negotiated deal with Democrats.
Although equitable shareholding was not China’s
preferred
route, it did not force the matter.By contrast, China is the AIIB’s largest shareholder by a wide margin, holding a 26.6% stake, compared to India’s 7.7% and Russia’s 6%.
Although equitable shareholding was not China’s
preferred
route, it did not force the matter.
Instead, Europe has
preferred
to search for scapegoats – and Greece is the latest to be targeted for blame.
And where unemployment is
preferred
to universal job insecurity, it has become impossible to suppress.
At the same time, overwhelming majorities of Kurds, Sunnis, and Shi’ites – more than eight out of ten –
preferred
to be seen as Iraqis first, believing that “Iraq will be a better society if people treat one another as Iraqis.”
Because bank deposit insurance covered only up to $100,000, those with millions to store often
preferred
the overnight market, using ultra-safe long-term US Treasury obligations as collateral.
But, over the years, standards have been allowed to slide, with adjournments being
preferred
to expulsions.
Misra, their comments implied, was assigning cases to his
preferred
judges, presumably (though this was never stated) in an effort to secure outcomes favoring the government.
These goals would be best achieved by keeping inflation, measured by the Fed’s
preferred
personal consumption price index, at 2% in the long run.
But instead of a coronation, India's voters
preferred
a restoration of the Gandhis.
Moreover, the Keynesians’
preferred
policies address only the consequences of secular stagnation, not its causes – about which there is even less agreement.
And Europe’s
preferred
solution – more austerity – is merely causing fiscal targets to recede faster.
Many of these business leaders would have
preferred
to stay out of politics; but Russia’s poor education system, economic feudalism, official homophobia, and other festering problems have left them no choice.
At the same time, Trump realizes that if he embraces legislation
preferred
by the Freedom Caucus – a bloc comprising the most extreme conservatives in the House, whose members sank the effort to repeal Obamacare – he will lose the political center.
Migration quotas should be
preferred
to other types of restrictions on the ground that they allow at least a part of the potential welfare gains from migration to be realized.
Until now, nuclear-weapon states’ national governments and bureaucracies have
preferred
to limit the disarmament debate to symbolic measures that imply no deadlines or additional legally binding obligations.
Lee’s government, while still allowing elections as a token of democratic rule,
preferred
to crush opposition through intimidation and financial punishment: brave men and women who stood up to him were bankrupted in ruinously expensive lawsuits;Lee could generally rely on a compliant judiciary.
This appears to be the Macri administration’s
preferred
strategy, reflecting its view that Argentina’s large current-account deficit is proof of markets’ support for the country’s trajectory.
Edward Luce, writing in the Financial Times,
preferred
“Transatlantic Partnership.”
Crisis prevention is much to be
preferred
to intervention; the best way to prevent crises is to foster the development of open societies.
Again, reporting such a messy story is a challenge; most Western news editors have
preferred
to highlight Iraq and Afghanistan.
But German officials
preferred
to maintain national primacy – and thus a confederational approach to Europe.
The largest democracy in the world cannot say openly that it almost
preferred
the military dictatorship of General Pervez Musharraf to the chaos of the current situation.
Europeans simply
preferred
to downplay the security component, because it was outsourced to NATO, and thus dependent on the United States.
The Treasury and Federal Reserve are adding
preferred
stock to the balance sheets of the US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and FHLBC and the insurance giant AIG in the hope of shoring up their capital cushions and lowering their borrowing costs so that they can buy more mortgages.
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