Prospect
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This raises the
prospect
of a direct conflict with other powers, not least Russia.
Foreign investors were panicking over the
prospect
that Brazil would fail to roll over its foreign debts.
Consumer debt remains high in many places, and certainly in the UK there are few signs that the
prospect
of higher interest rates is dissuading consumers from taking on more debt.
Rather, the country is already adapting to a new world in which the
prospect
of rapprochement with the West is fading.
The former Soviet satellites were offered the alluring
prospect
of joining the EU and NATO, which helped smooth the way for radical political and economic reforms.
Statistical evidence suggests that this relationship will weaken once the real-estate market recovers, but this remains a long-run
prospect.
Without addressing the question of its final borders, however, Serbia has no
prospect
of joining the EU.
Bringing Serbia into the EU would permanently stabilize the regional order and – at the time when Europe is increasingly wary of indefinite military commitments -- offer the
prospect
of a concrete exit strategy for NATO troops in Kosovo.
Yet all of them have called into question, to varying degrees, the rule of law and the
prospect
for a democratic future in each country.
Since the early 1990's, the
prospect
of eventual admission to the EU has helped spur these institutional changes.
From a strictly economic standpoint, pricing below costs is not a problem for the importing economy as long as the firms that engage in the strategy have little
prospect
of monopolizing the market.
And, indeed, today’s prosperous and innovative tech giants now face the
prospect
of redoubled efforts to regulate and tax their activities.
Though voter turnout was relatively low, owing largely to the somewhat technical nature of the issues, the election’s message was clear: most Japanese abhor the
prospect
of a return to the grim economic trajectory that prevailed in Japan before “Abenomics.”
Even though the Fed has not yet started raising interest rates, the well-established US economic recovery and the
prospect
of monetary tightening have, over the last year, caused the dollar to appreciate sharply against most currencies, those of emerging markets and advanced countries alike.
Moreover, the
prospect
is not a distant one, but something knocking at the door: population (hence the number of taxpayers) is already declining, the social security accounts are already turning to deficits and 15 years hence the debt mountain will be crushing capital markets.
Radically different strategies of reform and restructuring on a broad front, in the market and in public finance, need to be phased in rapidly to create a
prospect
for dealing with the problem.
The
prospect
of membership has been the most powerful tool in turning candidate countries into open societies.
The
prospect
of becoming rich clearly drives many people to work hard.
In reality, the
prospect
of recovery will be dealt another blow, because long-term investors will be deterred by the combination of prolonged insolvency and protracted austerity.
We now face the
prospect
of the US government revoking the Dodd-Frank Act and rolling back the financial reforms of recent years.
Equally worrisome is the
prospect
of deep, across-the-board cuts in the US defense budget at a time when many rising powers are increasing their defense spending.
This goal is still a distant
prospect
for far too many children.
As Duke University’s Peter Feaver, an expert on public opinion who is now serving as a White House advisor, recently pointed out, Americans will tolerate casualties when they believe that a war is just and has a reasonable
prospect
of success.
Their motivating fear is the
prospect
of inflation.
For the EU to continue its march toward a stronger and closer polity and economy –one that nevertheless falls far short of a federal state – it must offer the credible
prospect
of a better life for all of its citizens.
For starters, the common funds are meager, with no
prospect
of being increased – not least because of Germany’s unrelenting opposition.
On the contrary, investment in a weak real economy has been far less attractive than the
prospect
of earning easy money from financial engineering.
Meanwhile, not only is fiscal austerity pushing the eurozone periphery into economic free-fall, but the loss of competitiveness there will persist as relief at the waning
prospect
of disorderly defaults strengthens the euro’s value.
Even without the
prospect
of American disengagement from Europe, the European Union and the eurozone already appear to be disintegrating, particularly in the wake of the United Kingdom’s June Brexit vote and Italy’s failed referendum on constitutional reforms in December.
The governments thought briefly about that
prospect
and then, without exception, blinked.
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