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With the US government’s access to global debt markets reducing the need to
raise
taxes, foreign governments now own nearly one-third of the US government’s $14 trillion debt.
One can listen repeatedly to the inevitable testimony of friends and family that they did not see this coming, no sign whatsoever, that the killer had been a good son, polite to his neighbors, with no particular story that would
raise
suspicions.
The people who ran big business were often unscrupulous, and in some cases used their dominant market position to drive out their competitors – enabling the surviving firms subsequently to restrict supply and
raise
prices.
The changes in technology will increase the economy’s output and
raise
the potential standard of living of the population.
All people who believe in building a better world through cooperation and collaboration must
raise
their voices, with those who benefit the most from a functioning world order leading the charge.
And, eventually, some of them will be able to
raise
capital and start firms of their own – export companies owned and operated by Africans.
Furthermore, while markets now price anti-takeover provisions, our findings
raise
the possibility that markets do not (yet) price other governance features whose emergence is relatively more recent.
Russia is not the Soviet Union, and while cautious military planners cannot exclude that this Euro-Asian great power could one day
raise
old fears in a suspicious Europe, it is extremely difficult to imagine that Russia, with her immense internal problems and her efforts of reform, can once again become the kind of menace that could unite the Western alliance in new determination and consensus, like the famous spinach does for Popeye the Sailor.
This does, of course,
raise
the problem of Russia.
The cost of a global effort to
raise
awareness of the threat of antimicrobial resistance would be miniscule compared to the amount being spent to develop new drugs and technologies, which in any case will take years to become available.
The standard way to fix this problem is to
raise
the retirement age or cut pension benefits.
Without a concerted effort to increase households’ share of total income and
raise
consumption’s share of aggregate demand, growth of consumer products and services on the supply side will remain inadequate.
Of course, transparent clinical trials and open-data platforms
raise
legitimate ethical and intellectual-property concerns.
Since then, this remarkable young woman from rural Malawi has helped to persuade her government to
raise
the minimum age of marriage across her country, and is blazing a trail for girls that we all should follow.
How can we push through the reforms that will cut public spending to levels that we can afford and
raise
our ability to compete internationally?
Although the event has been presented as an occasion for the two leaders to become personally acquainted, Trump reportedly intends to
raise
at least three major issues with Xi: America’s massive trade deficit with China, North Korea’s nuclear program, and the territorial disputes between China and US allies in the South China Sea.
Making matters worse, the IMF still forces most countries that turn to it for help to
raise
interest rates and lower spending, worsening the downturns.
In fact, through smarter asset management, cities could more than double their investments without having to
raise
taxes or cut spending.
Governments could also facilitate unionization to give workers more bargaining power, substantially
raise
minimum wages, and create employment, for example, through government jobs programs, as the United States did during the 1930s.
If supply-side pessimism is appropriate, the recent massive tax and spending packages in the United States will likely do much more to
raise
inflation than to boost investment.
When people
raise
their voices – say, to ban advertising for breast-milk substitutes or to demand access to life-saving drugs – big corporations often listen.
For the Bank of England (BoE), Governor Mark Carney has emphasized the need to
raise
rates in the near future, given that UK inflation is well above target.
If we are serious about narrowing the income gaps between the rich and poor, we had better think seriously about how to
raise
the outputs of science and technology directed at the problems of poor countries.
The ECB had indicated in August that it would
raise
rates in September but backed down when the financial crisis continued unabated.
In 2004, for example, Guangdong Province had to
raise
the mandatory minimum wage by as much as 20% to attract workers from other regions.
The United States now has a chance to
raise
real (inflation-adjusted) per capita GDP faster than the feeble 1.7% average rate recorded during the four years since growth resumed in the summer of 2009.
Labor and many product markets remain closed, despite the urgent need to increase competition, lower production costs, and
raise
productivity.
Economically, plans for new institutions can wait; the eurozone should focus instead on policies to
raise
living standards for all.
The idea of creating and publishing an index with country rankings is a strategy adopted by many organizations and social movements to
raise
awareness about issues such as corruption, governance, freedom, gender equality, competitiveness, productive knowhow, and the investment climate, among others.
Despite the Fed’s decision to
raise
short-term interest rates, and to signal more rate hikes than expected for 2019, interest rates on US ten-year bonds have fallen to levels well below their February peak.
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