Pressure
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Seen in this light, the visit to Incheon was a way to persuade Seoul to put
pressure
on the US to play nice.
To be sure, multinational corporations enjoy flexibility in transfer pricing and can exert
pressure
at the time they make new investment decisions, but their flexibility doesn’t compare to the freedom enjoyed by international portfolio investors.
These countries’ need to establish policy credibility tends to be more acute, whether as a result of histories of high inflation, an absence of credible institutions, or political
pressure
to monetize budget deficits.
At long last, this is surely the opportunity for pro-Doha statesmen worldwide to
pressure
both Obama and the Republican leadership into doing so.
The US “pivot” to Asia further increases the
pressure
on Europe to deal with its own neighborhood.
With the Congressional Budget Office projecting that federal budget deficits will average 4.2% of GDP from now until 2023, domestic saving will come under further pressure, fueling increased demand for surplus saving from abroad and even bigger trade deficits in order to fill the void.
The resulting momentum will create
pressure
for ministries, regulators, and other policymaking bodies – which may be the most resistant to change – to take complementary steps.
They will be less vulnerable to political
pressure
from local governments to finance development projects.
Indeed, living standards have been under severe
pressure
since Mubarak’s downfall.
This suggests another reason why the US-Iran confrontation could lead to lower, not higher, prices: Trump and his Saudi allies now have a very strong political incentive to resist further upward
pressure
on oil prices.
Moreover, there is a need to limit legislative
pressure
for additional spending on locally important projects that fuel overall fiscal dysfunction.
Obama is no stranger to
pressure
– and opposition – from interest groups.
In practice, though, public
pressure
to do something quickly enables politicians to run roughshod over the usual checks and balances on government policy making.
These officials were apparently under
pressure
to reduce the number of zero-balance accounts, all of which, it turns out, were related to the Jan Dhan Yojana program.
Political and economic
pressure
would lead more Japanese sectors to undergo the transformation to machine-intensive, high-productivity modes of organization that export-oriented manufacturing had already undergone (and that sectors like agriculture and distribution had undergone or were undergoing in the North Atlantic region).
That meant diminishing upward
pressure
on the renminbi’s exchange rate.
The
pressure
to keep administrative expenses low can make an organization less effective.
This is an atmosphere in which unhealthy balance sheets come under even greater pressure, and healthy investors refuse to engage.
Apart from its moral implications, such a society would face a classic dilemma: how to reconcile the relentless
pressure
to consume with stagnant earnings.
With President Barack Obama re-elected and no longer facing the
pressure
of a campaign, it would be in America’s interest – and certainly in the interests of my country, Pakistan – to use the first year of his new term to de-escalate the violence.
But when bad things happen and there is
pressure
on financial markets, with fear of insolvency in the air, it matters a great deal if you have a claim on an insured bank in the United States or on an essentially unregulated offshore subsidiary.
And Chinese producers, like most others, are feeling increasing
pressure
to reduce costs and improve efficiency to make up for slower demand growth worldwide.
This type of indirect
pressure
continues to claim victims today.
In the second place, low labor force participation is a response to the heightened fiscal
pressure
that results from the burden of having to pay for all the retirement pensions of today's fifty-year-olds.
The
pressure
affects those who do work and, because of the heavier tax burden, makes work less attractive for them, especially for the second members of a family.
Fringe movements, some operating within established political structures, and others seeking to create new ones, are placing
pressure
on traditional parties, making it difficult for them to mobilize their supporters, and, in some cases, causing them real damage.
In Latin America, and in emerging markets more generally, there will be lots of
pressure.
Japanese demands to reconsider fell on deaf ears, and the initiative was put on ice only when US congressmen threatened economic repercussions and China increased
pressure
on Taiwan.
Fund managers who are under constant
pressure
to post profits or defend short-term results cannot afford to invest with entrepreneurs building businesses that are optimized for the next ten years, rather than for the next quarter.
When a team member has a good idea, he or she should spend months, even years, learning as much as possible about the business or sector without the
pressure
of finding a commercial application.
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