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Under the IMF’s current lending framework, if it is “highly probable” that a borrower’s debt is sustainable, the Fund will extend a conditional loan, even for large amounts, to tide it over.
Should that happen, the probable rise in global average temperature relative to pre-industrial times will be 5˚C or more.
In either of the most probable scenarios, continuity or prudent change, or even if the “outsider” candidate wins, Chile will in all likelihood remain a beacon of democratic stability, economic dynamism, and international engagement in a region too often characterized by political and economic turbulence.
It is probable, though, that most of the new investment will have to be carried out with state subsidies.
Social objectives and the deepening of democracy in these countries – with the probable exception of Chile – have been sacrificed for higher levels of security.
The message seems to have gotten through to North Korea; we have seen no nuclear weapons test, despite its probable ability to so.
The prospects for each of these democratizing developments vary significantly, as do the probable cost-benefit equations.
According to this view, a protracted civil war can be expected, with the most probable long-term outcome being a permanent partition along ethno-sectarian fault lines.
A probable cause of the collapse of the interbank market is precisely informational failure.
Even though lack of foresight is universally viewed as a leading cause of its Iraq debacle, the United States (with British backing probable) is now preparing to recognize Kosovo’s independence unilaterally – irrespective of the consequences for Europe and the world.
Several consequences follow from this divergence: difficulties in policy coordination, given no agreement on the diagnosis; a very probable return to large US external deficits while Europe remains in balance; and a weaker dollar, which will become evident if the crisis in the eurozone subsides.
A recession at some point during Trump’s presidency is probable, judging from Republican presidents’ remarkable historical track record.
In Africa it is also probable that we will see other secessions (perhaps soon in Nigeria?).
It is possible, but not probable.
It was made more probable by Germany’s rising power and the fear that this created in Great Britain.
But it was also made more probable by Germany’s fearful response to Russia’s rising power, as well as myriad other factors, including human errors.
Democratization in Egypt in the long term is probable, but it does not share the more favorable conditions found in Tunisia.
Current and probable future levels of global connectivity and interdependence enable and require us to commence this conversation.
And we can act because those who are responsible for this carnage, for these war crimes, for an urbicide in which probable crimes against humanity are compounded by the destruction of sites of memory and culture that counted among the world’s vital heritage, are not hiding.
How the Middle East develops will determine the extent of the risks for, or even probable challenges to, Europe’s security.
But the opposite is at least equally probable.
Even worse, it is highly probable that Americans advocating for a reduced US role in the world would seize on Brexit as further evidence that traditional allies were not doing their fair share, and that a US facing growing deficits and massive domestic needs should not be expected to make up the difference.
This means that the pendulum swings in power between right and left that Americans and Europeans take for granted will become not only possible but probable.
Assuming that Assad is not completely irrational, the relatively minor military gains from gassing some of the rebels (but also civilians) would be heavily outweighed by the probable effect on international opinion, embarrassment for his Russian allies, and the danger of provoking an American response.
Are we in the midst of what economists call “multiple equilibria,” in which one unfavorable shift makes another, even worse, shift more probable?
The net result is that it seems highly probable that any attempted achievement of a “new settlement,” including repatriation of competences, will make it much more difficult for Britain to remain in the EU than would be the case if a straightforward “in/out” referendum were held now.
It is probable, though not certain, that sarin gas was used by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Because 60% of Huckabee’s Iowa vote came from evangelicals, it still seems probable that the Republican nominee will end up being Mitt Romney, John McCain or Rudi Giuliani.
The probable answer is that Trump will follow the precedent of his conflicts with North Korea, the European Union, and Mexico.
Even so, the fact that very high inflation is possible does not make it probable, so one should be cautious in arguing that higher gold prices are being driven by inflation expectations.
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