Pressure
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In response to Western sanctions, the Kremlin will bring
pressure
to bear on the United States and its allies by creating problems elsewhere.
Russia could escalate the crisis by putting
pressure
on the US closer to home as well.
That would make it less difficult to keep economic
pressure
on Iran in the aftermath of any strike.
Likewise, domestic
pressure
has caused Obama to neglect trade issues.
A stronger renminbi would help to reduce rising inflationary
pressure
in China by reducing the cost of imports, which would also increase Chinese households’ real incomes – a key goal of China’s new five-year plan.
And 13 states already offer a public-financing option for candidates running for state office, with many more poised to follow suit in response to grassroots
pressure.
Political
pressure
on Europe’s central bank may be the reason for that timid move.
Political
pressure
on the ECB today is much greater than in Duisenberg’s time.
Some of this
pressure
may be seeping through and affecting ECB policy decisions.
As a result, whenever the Fed cuts interest rates, it puts
pressure
on the whole “dollar bloc” to follow suit, lest their currencies appreciate as investors seek higher yields.
One after the other, most European countries have reformed their economies, shedding the cozy arrangements that used to protect every interest group from the
pressure
of competition.
Doing so will require genuine, long-term engagement on the part of “shareholders,” and
pressure
from engaged citizens the world over.
US and Israeli
pressure
deeply compromised Palestinians’ access to water, food, medicines, and physical safety, especially in overcrowded Gaza.
The rise of Europe’s populist parties is exerting similar
pressure
across the continent.
The expectation was that Russia would join the United States in putting
pressure
on Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
Only when it was too late did seemingly solid national budgets come under substantial
pressure.
The ECB’s Faulty WeaponBRUSSELS – With inflation in the eurozone stubbornly remaining on a downward trajectory,
pressure
on the European Central Bank to do “something” to prevent outright deflation is growing.
In the end, the JSC is likely to be only as good as South Africans’ collective willingness to apply sufficient political
pressure
to ensure that it honors constitutional obligations, rather than succumbing to divisive and deeply damaging levels of partisanship.
Hamas also faces
pressure
from the international community, which, despite supporting the Palestinians’ demand for an end to the Israeli siege and blockade, is adamant that Israel’s security concerns also be addressed.
But, in Pakistan, delegitimation of military rule had actually occurred three years earlier, and the
pressure
for change came from much the same source – a restive and mobilized new middle class.
More generally, countries felt
pressure
from the IMF and the US Treasury to remove capital-flow restrictions, which magnified the risks and made maintaining pegged exchange rates still more problematic.
In its view, rewarding them with monetary stimulus – keeping the boat afloat with more spending – only relieves the
pressure
on national officials to do what is necessary.
The ECB is preoccupied by moral-hazard risk – the idea that supporting spending will relieve the
pressure
on governments to act.
The problem is that many country-specific factors, such as political concerns and
pressure
from vested interests, can impede this process.
In 1987, political
pressure
in the US led to the elimination of homosexuality as a diagnosis from the nationally accepted guidelines.
The
pressure
on African governments to enact legislation against terrorism may pose new threats to civil liberties at the very moment when democratization is gathering momentum.
The US Federal Reserve may respond to such an increase by hiking its policy rate, a move that would ultimately lead to a rise in long-term interest rates and place further upward
pressure
on the dollar’s exchange rate.
That would relieve downward
pressure
on other emerging-market currencies, especially in Asia, according to Lee Jong-Wha, director of Korea University’s Institute of Asia Research.
Similarly, the euro-collapse scenario in which such countries successfully
pressure
the ECB to inflate, compelling Germany to abandon the euro, has shown no signs of developing.
The ECB, protected by statutory independence and a price-stability mandate, has shown no inclination to accede to
pressure
from French President Nicolas Sarkozy or anyone else.
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