Pressure
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The financial crisis ushered in a new source of downward
pressure
on interest rates, as monetary policy turned emphatically accommodative.
But if we do not prioritize explicitly, we end up spreading resources thinly, or allow opaque bureaucratic processes and the vagaries of media attention and the
pressure
of lobby groups to prioritize for us.
Despite being isolated and ostracized, Iran has managed to gain some strategic breathing room with the help of countries like China, Russia, India, Syria, and Venezuela, allowing it to resist Western
pressure.
True, China cannot entirely overlook US
pressure
and the staunch opposition of its top oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, to Iran’s nuclear program.
Even more widespread than indirect repression is the corrupting
pressure
of government money.
In addition to inflationary pressure, the Fed’s monetary policy must also take into account employment statistics, growth data, and the stability of financial markets.
And this is happening so quickly that even the government now feels
pressure
to catch up, by adopting new technologies such as blockchain and AI.
Fossil-fuel companies and governments are already facing intensifying legal
pressure.
Why Freedom of Assembly Still MattersPRINCETON – It is now common knowledge that many democracies around the world are under
pressure.
After several days of deafening silence, Trump was under growing
pressure
to speak out.
In its efforts to apply
pressure
on Europe, the Kremlin has identified Britain as a weak link.
Then came 9/11, when – under intense
pressure
from the United States to support American retaliation in Afghanistan or face the consequences – he was forced to disown his protégés.
Given the variety of the figures on the Council, there will be natural
pressure
from within Libya and beyond for a quick move to elections of some sort.
To some degree, the new coalition will feel the
pressure
and consider the necessity to assume more responsibility for international leadership.
The likely rise in interest rates will put considerable
pressure
on countries with large current-account deficits and high levels of foreign debt – a result of five years of credit expansion.
Similarly, some emerging-market currencies have come under renewed
pressure
in recent days, triggered in part by the devaluation of the Argentine peso and signs of a slowdown in Chinese growth, as well as doubts about these economies’ real strengths amid generally skittish market sentiment.
Like the turbulence last summer, the current bout of market
pressure
is mainly affecting economies characterized by either domestic political tensions or economic imbalances.
Financial markets in many developing countries have not come under significant
pressure
– either in the summer or now.
Furthermore, returning to the athletic metaphor, some have continued to exercise their muscles and improve their stamina – even under
pressure.
As is true of an exhausted athlete who needs to rebuild strength, it is never easy for a political leader to take tough reform steps under
pressure.
Yet, while they are committed to maintaining the status quo, they have failed to coordinate their policies and investments in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, both strategically located countries vulnerable to Chinese
pressure.
In this environment, policymakers feel more
pressure
to act quickly, weakening representative democracy’s emphasis on deliberative and consensual decision-making.
Western news media, eager to maintain access to Moscow or Beijing, will be under increasing
pressure
to be careful about what they print or broadcast.
If that happens, China will no longer be a net buyer of US and other foreign bonds, putting upward
pressure
on interest rates in those countries.
Buyers and sellers can agree directly on the price of every transaction, and business reputations depend on transparent customer feedback, generating continuous
pressure
to improve performance.
Rather, it seemed that the US was using the media to put
pressure
on Pakistan’s government to respond more readily to America’s pleas to cap production of tactical weapons and the short-range missiles that could deliver them.
With the recent return of growth and abatement of migratory pressure, European leaders are now exploring options for EU- and eurozone-level reforms.
Part of the US strategy was to place additional
pressure
on China to rein in its client state or itself face tough financial penalties from Washington.
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, who deserves the most credit for recent developments on the Korean Peninsula, unwittingly stoked this misperception by attributing his summit with Kim to Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” on the North.
The US, believing Kim had buckled under pressure, understood this to mean achievement of its long-sought goal of “CVID”: complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea.
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