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But Saudi Arabia is not pursuing Saudi Aramco’s partial privatization to move money from one sovereign pocket to another; it needs to
raise
fresh capital to finance its spending needs.
In plain English: the forecasters underestimated the extent of spare capacity and hence the scope for fiscal expansion to
raise
output.
The EU undoubtedly has the capacity to
raise
at least €30 billion a year, which is less than 0.25% of its 28 members’ combined GDP of more than €16 trillion, and less than 0.5% of total spending by its national governments.
It would also boost GDP in the EU-15 over ten years by about 1.1% and
raise
employment by 0.5%.
If they do not
raise
their game, the Council’s global authority will wane, and it will face the real possibility of sliding back to the marginalized impotence of the Cold War years.
Of course, though the Internet can facilitate competition, forcing companies of all sizes to
raise
their game, building such a trust-based system is no easy feat.
But any currency appreciation would also
raise
peoples’ expectations of further appreciation – and thus invite higher capital inflows.
To help finance such programs, the multilateral development banks – such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank – should
raise
vastly more long-term debt from the capital markets at the prevailing low interest rates.
The Dollar Wars ReturnFaced by uncertain re-election prospects, and worried about job losses, US President George W. Bush has begun to blame other countries, sending his Treasury Secretary to demand that they
raise
their exchange rates in order to make foreign goods more expensive for American consumers.
What Snow asked of China is an odd demand: we do not normally go into stores and ask the shopkeeper to
raise
his prices.
The Group’s report showed that a modest price on emissions, in the range of $20-25 per ton of carbon dioxide, would push incentives in the right direction,
raise
substantial public revenue, and foster private investment crucial to the new industrial revolution needed to make the low-carbon economy a reality.
All these measures together could
raise
about $50 billion annually in net public funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change.
In addition, the multilateral development banks (MDBs), including the regional development banks and the World Bank, could
raise
an additional $20-30 billion in gross public financing through higher contributions from rich countries.
The WTO does have a specific “safeguard” mechanism that enables countries to
raise
tariffs temporarily when imports cause “serious injury” to domestic firms.
Such reforms are essential to
raise
productivity growth and improve the Japanese economy’s competitiveness.
At that point, China would pull the plug, the dollar would crash, and the Fed would be forced to
raise
interest rates, plunging the US back into recession.
If the Fed decides to
raise
interest rates this year, which emerging markets are most vulnerable to a capital-flow reversal?
Although these warnings have been sotto voce so far, I expect regulators will
raise
the volume soon, as the price gyrations continue.
Beginning in mid-2016 in California and Washington, DC, ballot measures to
raise
minimum wages passed with overwhelming support.
Total spending of $25 million (less than was spent on a special election for the House of Representatives in Georgia) brought 8.1 million workers in six states a pay
raise
of over $2.5 billion (growing to more than $20 billion when fully implemented).
Higher interest rates, slower growth, and a weaker primary budget position all
raise
the debt-ratio trajectory.
Japan’s Tax-Hike TestTOKYO – As October began, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that his government would
raise
the country’s consumption-tax rate from 5% to 8% next April, and presumably to 10% 18 months after that.
Last year, when Japan’s Diet passed the legislation to
raise
the consumption tax, it included a provision calling for the plan to be reevaluated if economic conditions required it.
Just a year ago, former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attempted, despite a deep recession, to
raise
the consumption tax without monetary easing – a strategy that could have brought only continued economic stagnation.
people are eatin’ the stuff they
raise
and livin’ in the houses they build, I’ll be there, too,” as Tom Joad said).
Providing universal Internet access is a project on a scale similar to sequencing the human genome, and, like the human-genome project, it will
raise
new risks and sensitive ethical issues.
(Please, will the EU finance minister without a political agenda
raise
his hand?).
To spur financial investment, China will
raise
foreign-ownership limits to 51% within three years, on the path toward ultimately removing restrictions altogether.
World expansion means sharply higher prices for raw materials and manufactures and from there it is a short step for Mr. Greenspan to
raise
interest rates and stop America's long-running party.
The latest agreement between European Union member states forces banks to
raise
core “Tier 1” capital levels to 9%, and will apparently require €108 billion of additional capital.
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