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Does that mean that these developing countries should
raise
their interest rates far more than the US?Inflation in these countries is, for the most part, imported .
The near-term policy remedies are clear:
raise
the minimum wage to a level that will keep a fully employed worker and his or her family out of poverty, and extend the earned-income tax credit to childless workers.
The performer explains that the deficit is all the fault of congress for not cutting spending and that the only way to tame the beast is to
raise
the budget deficit because “Congress can’t spend money it doesn’t have.”
Clearly, when policymakers revise their countries’ NDCs, they must
raise
them significantly.
All countries must
raise
their emissions-reduction targets and strengthen their commitments under the Paris agreement.
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan put it simply: “No other policy is as likely to
raise
economic productivity, lower infant and maternal mortality, improve nutrition, promote health, including the prevention of HIV/AIDS, and increase the chances of education for the next generation.
Persistent allegations that non-state actors are using chemical weapons in Syria and northern Iraq are of particular concern, as they
raise
the possibility of toxic chemicals being used in terrorist attacks.
Such a visit will also
raise
further questions about what Obama actually stands for.
For example, if an employer (particularly an exporter) fears future renminbi appreciation, he may hesitate to
raise
wages in line with productivity increases, in order to keep his costs under control.
Higher and pro-cyclical equity-capital requirements on banks, combined with a requirement to
raise
contingent long-term debt – debt that converts into equity in a crisis – is a better way forward.
A good example is Sarkozy’s effort to
raise
France’s retirement age from 60 to 62.Trade unions are up in arms, which, after all, is their duty.
I myself wrote much on the subject at the time, trying – mostly in vain – to
raise
awareness among policymakers.
Likewise, a powerful urbanization dynamic continues to deliver solid support for China’s high-investment economy, while enabling relatively poor rural workers to
raise
their incomes by finding higher-paying jobs in the cities.
But, in the end, the FOMC members must recognize that they cannot postpone the increase in interest rates indefinitely, and that once they begin to
raise
the rates, they must get the real (inflation-adjusted) federal funds rate to 2% relatively quickly.
My own best guess is that they will start to
raise
rates in September, and that the federal funds rate will reach 3% by some point in 2017.
Big German corporations no longer depend exclusively on banks for their finance but, increasingly, are tapping international capital markets directly, so as to
raise
funds through commercial paper, bond, or equity issues.
While European tech entrepreneurs find it as easy as their American counterparts to
raise
startup funds, US firms enjoy 14 times more later-stage capital.
Its rulings give credibility to chemophobic activists looking for headlines and
raise
the likelihood that substances wrongly labeled as harmful will be replaced by other products that could pose greater risks or provide fewer benefits.
This imbalance has already driven some governments to
raise
their retirement ages and change their pension policies to delay or reduce benefits and keep people in the workforce.
Disembarkation platforms in third countries
raise
legal, ethical, and financial challenges.
Germany currently pays a little over 3% nominal interest on 10-year debt, half of what Greece is being charged for emergency loans – and far less than Greece would pay if it attempted to
raise
money in private markets.
But the ad hominem attacks on Rajan in recent months
raise
large questions with serious implications for India.
This will
raise
actual output to the level of potential output, thereby closing the output gap.
Republicans have proposed tax reforms in lieu of rate hikes on high-income taxpayers to
raise
revenues for deficit reduction.
Because tax expenditures are so large, limiting them could
raise
a significant amount of additional revenue that could be used both for deficit reduction and to finance across-the-board cuts in income-tax rates.
If, like Japan in the late 1990’s and the US in 1937, they take the threat of large deficits seriously and
raise
taxes and cut spending too much too soon, their economies could fall back into recession.
Instead of conspiring to hobble its American rivals, stifle innovation, and deprive Europeans of the full benefit of the Internet, Germany should practice what it preaches and make the difficult reforms it needs to
raise
its game.
By signing a pledge not to
raise
taxes, Tea Party representatives have credibly committed themselves not to acquiesce in any middle-of-the-road compromise.
In the United States, from September 15, 2008 – the day that the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy – until then-US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced in May 2009 that in his judgment the major US banks either had or could quickly
raise
adequate capital cushions, the two camps’ interests and conclusions were identical.
That reduction in potential deficits and debt can by itself give a boost to the economy in 2011 by calming fears that an exploding national debt would eventually force the Federal Reserve to
raise
interest rates – perhaps sharply if foreign buyers of US Treasuries suddenly became frightened by the deficit prospects.
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