Raise
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Unsurprisingly, the most powerful force for change comes from girls themselves, as they
raise
their voices to demand action from world leaders.
Russia, which is in the midst of a liquidity crisis, will struggle to
raise
such huge sums; failure to comply, however, would jeopardize future foreign investments.
Moreover, successful monetary stimulus would
raise
income through domestic channels, thereby boosting imports, so the net effect on the trade balance could go either way.
Developing countries' alleged gains from capital market liberalization have been widely discussed (although recent studies
raise
some doubts about these benefits).
Free securities markets will enable firms to
raise
private capital, and will destroy the lever that bureaucrats have over firms because they allocate credits.
True, some people still insist that if the Fed doesn’t urgently
raise
interest rates and rein in the money supply, the US economy will go the way of Zimbabwe (where inflation far exceeded 25,000% in late 2008).
Currently, the fear in the markets is not that the Fed is behind the inflation curve but that it will
raise
interest rates even faster than expected in order to preempt overheating.
These tariffs will
raise
the prices of about half of Chinese goods imports, which totaled $506 billion in 2017, by 10% today and 25% in 2019.
But doesn’t the banks’ ability to
raise
new equity capital indicate that, regardless of whether the stress tests are reliable, investors believe that their assets’ value does significantly exceed their liabilities?
If in two years the bank’s assets have a 50-50 chance of appreciating to $1.2 billion or declining to $0.8 billion, the bank will be able to
raise
new equity capital: new investors will be willing to pay for the prospect of sharing in the excess of the value of assets over obligations if things turn out well.
The kind of stress tests that the US conducted, and that other countries are being urged to emulate – and the ability of banks to
raise
additional equity capital – cannot provide a basis for such a conclusion.
Anticipating a skeptical public reaction when Singapore raised the salaries of government officials in 2007, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that he would forgo the
raise
for himself.
And they refused to
raise
employees’ wages.
Chinese companies may increasingly
raise
capital in Shanghai, but wealthy Chinese with money to invest like to hold it in financial centers that are perceived as safe and non-political.
One idea is to
raise
the Fed’s inflation target.
It would be far better simply to require banks to
raise
much more of their resources in equity markets instead of through bonds.
As Council president, France, which shares America’s views about the need to strengthen sanctions on Iran’s government, can
raise
the matter, something that China eschewed during its tenure in January as Council leader.
Its publication is timely, because the European Union will decide this year whether to
raise
its target for greenhouse-gas reduction.
By selecting particular villages and providing basic health care, bed nets to stop malaria, primary education, better seeds, and other agricultural assistance, the organization aims to show that well-designed, comprehensive aid plans can, at relatively modest cost,
raise
people out of poverty.
Inflation has surpassed the double-digit mark, forcing the central bank to
raise
interest rates – an approach that is unsustainable, given the deepening recession and the ballooning cost of servicing Brazil’s rapidly growing debt.
Moreover, budgetary pressures will make it increasingly difficult for the central bank to
raise
short-term interest rates to fulfill its mandate of curbing excess inflation.
Well-targeted public investment can
raise
productivity and boost living standards, ameliorate concerns about inequality, and address Germany’s economic weaknesses.
Everyone knows that the ECB cannot
raise
interest rates now, and for some time to come.
For reasons that are unclear, Trichet, in contrast to the ECB’s first president, Wim Duisenberg, has wanted to
raise
rates by only 25 basis points at a time.
First, we must continue to
raise
awareness and understanding of the issues at stake.
This convergence has less to do with regulatory thinking on bank size or function than with a common need to play to the political gallery and
raise
more tax revenue.
These trends imply an increased probability that the market is underestimating risk, so systemic risk regulators should
raise
minimum capital requirements as soon as they spot them.
With respect to monetary policy, the United States’ unemployment rate, at around 5%, is close to what most economists consider full employment, and the Federal Reserve is widely expected to
raise
its target interest rate again in December.
Meanwhile, the Japanese economy continues to limp along, with the Bank of Japan now “managing the yield curve” in yet another attempt to
raise
inflation and growth from their current low levels.
But the contagious nature of the rate cuts does
raise
the question of whether domestic monetary policies have once again become more interdependent.
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