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The Fed’s goal of pushing the unemployment rate down to 6.5% is a noble one.
They are insufficient to stop abuses (after all, sanctions were threatened before the elections) and risk pushing Zimbabwe's economy deeper into crisis, hurting millions of innocent people, especially during a period of intensifying hunger and drought.
ICES began to work with entrepreneurs and found that several sectoral associations - such as software - and small business associations from outlying areas of Romania were pushing for a market economy.
The issue is not only what could be lost in the race to the bottom in which many EU national governments are now engaging, but also the manipulative anti-EU sentiment coming from many quarters of the European press, which appears intent on pushing various national leaders into another budget showdown.
This system keeps Russia’s elites from pushing for change (unlike in the past, when those elites did attempt to initiate reforms), as it precludes the possibility of anti-Putin intrigue.
All sectors of the economy will spend more, pushing up output and employment (and sustaining the price level, too).
But if these forecasts are right, then a premature “exit” from deficit spending risks pushing the economy back into recession.
A second factor pushing secession forward is the SPLA’s lack of commitment to the New Sudan ideology of its founder, John Garang, who had negotiated the CPA and died in a plane crash in 2005.
Some economists, including me, did warn about the consequences of pushing economic globalization beyond the boundaries of institutions that regulate, stabilize, and legitimize markets.
A bubble occurs when public expectations for future price increases become exaggerated, pushing prices up to unsustainable levels.
But some are taking key leadership roles and pushing governments and local communities to act with more urgency.
Of course, Netanyahu is not doing all of the heavy lifting in pushing Israel toward illiberalism, and censorship and harassment are not reserved exclusively for the media.
After all, no politician would wish to go down in history as being responsible for pushing the country back into recession at a time when unemployment is already too high, income and wealth inequalities are increasing, and a record number of Americans live in relative poverty.
Yet creditors sometimes prevail to their own detriment; by pushing the debtor to the breaking point, they end up bringing about a complete default.
But the moratorium had been fragile from its very beginning, with nuclear-weapons establishments pushing hard for a resumption of testing.
After all, isn’t the US in the process of pushing the “reset button” with Russia?
Advocacy groups in Brazil, for example, are already pushing for such an outcome, submitting legal cases to the Supreme Court to secure greater reproductive rights for women, including the right to safe and legal abortion.
In a world where private aggregate demand is weak and unconventional monetary policy eventually becomes like pushing on a string, the case for slower fiscal consolidation and productive public infrastructure spending is compelling.
And now the Swiss National Bank is moving in the exact opposite direction to Geithner – they are pushing these big banks to become smaller and to finance more of their activities with equity, rather than debt.
Unlike most other developed countries, Germany’s tax system lacks an automatic adjustment mechanism to prevent inflation from pushing households into higher tax brackets.
At the same time, however, the Internet is changing the nature of Chinese politics and the Chinese economy, pushing both to become more responsive to consumer needs.
Vietnam and the Philippines have been bullied in this way recently, with both pushing back rather than submit to Chinese imposed terms.
My government is also pushing hard to realize an EPA with the European Union.
A “Reset” Button for Europe’s BackyardSTOCKHOLM – One year after the war in Georgia of last August, pushing the “reset” button on diplomatic relations is a popular endeavor nowadays.
The increasing demand for oil from all countries, but particularly from rapidly growing emerging-market countries like China and India, has therefore been, and will continue to be, an important force pushing up the global price.
The rigors of the TPP are bound to force significant agricultural reforms, and pushing it through will, indeed, test party discipline.
Had this been a random car bombing, my organization, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), would not have spent the last year investigating it or pushing the Ukrainian government for a full inquiry.
Now available for pre-order.Learn moreThe second issue pushing the US and China toward a trade war is competition over technology.
The second issue pushing the US and China toward a trade war is competition over technology.
But Africans genuinely need foreign technology, and the Chinese, in particular, are pushing hard – even flamboyantly – to fill the gap.
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