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And banks – whether explicitly nationalized or not – will be under
pressure
to prioritize domestic borrowers.
So far, the IMF has reacted with newfound vigor, establishing a much-needed short-term lending facility, which may well need to be expanded if emerging markets come under greater
pressure.
Now, as then, richer developed countries are able to put
pressure
on weaker, poorer ones.
Instead, they prefer to fall back on military-dominated plans for strengthening the capacity of the Afghan army and police, while heeding domestic
pressure
to demonstrate that Afghanistan will not be an endless conflict.
America will, of course, continue to put
pressure
on its allies, but democracy has a way of limiting the effectiveness of such
pressure.
Popular opposition to the Iraq war made it impossible for Mexico and Chile to give into American
pressure
at the United Nations to endorse the invasion; the citizens of these countries were proven right.
For example, the capital inflows associated with external borrowing are putting upward
pressure
on the peso, threatening sectors that are important for job creation.
Reluctant to engage militarily with Iran, and facing increasing
pressure
from Israel, the United States will most likely continue to push for and apply tough economic sanctions, with two major objectives in its sights.
Yet without shareholder pressure, all the signs are that the problem will persist.
The envoys would be senior diplomats and politicians who could tap the highest levels of government to challenge abuses of international law, cut red tape, and apply
pressure
on warring parties to agree to local ceasefires.
They would also record that
pressure
from the FSB has accelerated the work of sectoral regulators.
Comparing the outcomes of these two simulations suggests that large export flows of Palestinian labor to Israel reduce the capacity of the Palestinian economy to export goods by putting upward
pressure
on wages, undermining competitiveness.
The Federal Reserve would be forced to lower interest rates further, making the dollar even less attractive, and the concomitant shift in global demand away from the US, marked by a sharp decline in the US trade balance, would put still more
pressure
on the dollar.
This parliamentary arithmetic suggests that while Cameron’s personal stature and authority may have received a strong boost, he will be very vulnerable to
pressure
from his own MPs.
One result of this likely evolution in US policy is that
pressure
will shift to other countries, particularly China and India, to accept some limits on their own economic behavior.
As a result, there is considerably less public
pressure
to do something dramatically different.
Moreover, the Board was forced to act under intense time
pressure
and lacked the information needed to challenge management recommendations.
The IEO’s report suggests involving the Board more meaningfully, in order to provide a counterweight to political
pressure
from regional stakeholders.
The European Central Bank has shown that it can successfully confront
pressure
from financial markets, driving down bond spreads across Europe.
Already, China is pursuing a similar regional development strategy, aimed at revitalizing its old northern industrial belt, thereby taking some of the
pressure
off its ultra-dynamic coastal cities.
But the fact that reforms and actions were undertaken only lately, and under the
pressure
of acute crisis, is a sobering reminder of the difficulty of reaching consensus.
The “peer pressure” that should have been exerted in the open coordination method has been a powerful tool to exert “peer protection” in justifying delays in attaining the targets.
Secondly, a freer market in education creates the only realistic
pressure
on a hidebound education establishment.
Radical reform of higher education is simply unimaginable without outside
pressure
on today’s petrified universities.
China’s Trouble with the NeighborsBEIJING – China’s “good neighbor” policy is under unprecedented pressure; indeed, it is at its nadir since the Cold War’s end.
Excess capacity fuels downward
pressure
on prices, with negative externalities on indebted firms, which experience an increase in their real (inflation-adjusted) leverage.
Encouraging the private sector to take stakes in SOEs in strategic areas like energy, power, and finance is supposed to increase competition, boost efficiency, and reduce
pressure
on the government to invest.
The West European EU members have shown scant concern over Russian
pressure
tactics against the new members in Central and Eastern Europe, calling into question the extent of EU solidarity regarding energy supplies.
The US military employs some three million people, making it the single largest employer in the world, and there is substantial political
pressure
from some constituencies to place the highest priority on America’s military dominance.
Brain drains put enormous
pressure
on brain exporting countries to improve their governance, their institutions, and their economic and their social freedoms.
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