Raise
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A typical reaction was to
raise
the forecast for 2011 from 2.5% to 3.5%.
Meanwhile, planning officials in Moldova have used crowdfunding to
raise
millions of dollars from the diaspora to fund sustainable development projects at home.
Although some economic textbooks claim that dumping by foreigners can force domestic producers to go out of business so that the foreign producer can then
raise
its price, there is no evidence of such behavior actually occurring in practice.
Women such as Leonora Pocaterrazas, 21, who died in childbirth not long ago in the mountain village of Columpapa Grande, Bolivia, leaving her husband to
raise
three other children on his own.
A central bank can pull the string
(raise
interest rates) to rein in an economy that is galloping ahead unsustainably.
They only want to
raise
labor standards abroad so that workers in poor countries become overpriced and lose their jobs.
In repealing Obamacare, for example, Republicans are likely to be stymied by the absence of an alternative that does not take away the health insurance of 20 million Americans or
raise
health-care costs.
As a result, the Chinese will be able to allow the renminbi to rise substantially against the dollar if they want to
raise
its overall global value in order to decrease China’s portfolio risk and rein in inflationary pressure.
America’s central position in the world’s information economy, which seemed secure just two years ago, is now under threat – a fact that should
raise
serious concerns for every entrepreneur, executive, employee, and venture capitalist in the American industry.
The first is the politics of world theatre, where a political figure of global stature could do much to
raise
the EU’s profile and ensure that it has a major say in re-ordering the post-crisis global economic rulebook.
Inflation would help, but even the most expansionary monetary measures have been struggling to
raise
inflation to targets, Japan being a case in point.
Moreover, thanks to the hard work of Oxfam America and the Publish What You Pay coalition, the law also requires oil and mining companies – both US and foreign – that want to
raise
capital in the US to disclose their payments to the governments of countries in which they operate.
It is also true that whenever Republicans rattle their sabers about the debt ceiling, and threaten not to
raise
it, the bond market yawns and there is no significant impact on yields.
Countries never default because they can’t pay their debts; there are always ways to decrease expenditures or
raise
taxes.
Yet every attempt by Greece even to
raise
the issue was brutally rebuffed by its counterparties.
The Fed’s decision to
raise
rates is a historic moment for financial markets and is already ushering in a period of increased volatility for asset prices worldwide.
Moreover, many fragile states are rich in natural resources, and must establish transparent resource management – aimed at curbing corruption and controlling illicit flows of money and goods – in order to
raise
the revenues needed to deliver services.
Indeed, as the deadline for raising the debt ceiling neared, Henry Aaron, a distinguished senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, pointed out that the US Constitution requires the president “to spend what Congress has instructed him to spend, to
raise
only those taxes Congress has authorized him to impose, and to borrow no more than Congress authorizes.”
Honoring all three of those legal obligations simultaneously is impossible if Congress refuses to
raise
the debt ceiling, but raising the debt ceiling without Congressional approval, though illegal and an impeachable offense, was the least-bad choice.
Indeed, despite domestic resistance, the PBOC must
raise
nominal interest rates so that they are in line with structural inflation.
It is significant, therefore, that German political parties have emphasized the need for Merkel to
raise
such matters in her talks with Chinese leaders.
To illustrate, a mere 1% decrease in a state’s obesity on average is estimated to
raise
the ratio of Democratic to Republican voters from 1.00 to 1.07, easily enough to swing an election.
In Qatar, there is no religious police enforcing morality, even if Qatari clerics openly
raise
funds for militant causes overseas.
So what else can eurozone governments do to
raise
revenue as their economies recover?
Another idea is to try to
raise
more revenue from carbon permits or taxes.
Still, the IMF is right – on grounds of both fairness and efficiency – to
raise
the idea of temporary wealth taxes in advanced countries to relieve fiscal distress.
Indeed, its three-year plan for economic innovation, announced in February, aims to
raise
the female employment rate to 62% by 2017, through the provision of affordable, high-quality childcare facilities and expanded paid parental leave, among other measures.
(Failure to
raise
them in Mexico opened the floodgates to disaster.)
When it is two men or two women figuring out how to provide an income for their family and to turn that income into the food, shelter, clothing, nurture, education, discipline, and moral support needed to
raise
children, they cannot rely on societally imposed default roles.
In reality, the Made in China 2025 strategy – which, incidentally, is inspired partly by the US government’s own massive investment in research and development – seeks to
raise
China’s manufacturing ability only to the average level of the world’s major manufacturing powers by 2035 (not 2025), a rather modest goal.
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