Raise
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Soon afterwards, these crooked businessmen
raise
all prices, diminishing the assortment of products on offer, and the service.
Politicians across the political spectrum know that such a situation would unsettle an already fragile US economy, severely weaken the dollar, and
raise
serious concerns about the country's ability to meet its debt-service obligations, including to the many foreign creditors that the US will need in the future.
The overwhelming – and sensible – expectation is that the two parties will compromise and
raise
the debt ceiling before inflicting serious economic and financial dislocations.
Such vulnerabilities
raise
troubling questions in the event of a war.
There was no way to
raise
taxes or state revenues significantly.
With nearly unlimited access to advanced-country markets, China can tap into global external demand and
raise
its GDP growth potential, as it has done for the past two decades.
But when they found that Milosevic was resistant to moral pressure, the NATO allies were forced to
raise
the ante by threatening the use of military force.
When they found that he was stone deaf to their threats, NATO was forced to
raise
the ante again, by actually bombing military targets in Yugoslavia.
In order to stimulate GDP growth, encourage the establishment of competitive and dynamic enterprises, facilitate larger trade flows, and create more jobs, they must dismantle barriers that
raise
costs, inhibit competition, and deter new investment.
An exceptional performance by a superstar soccer player can be beautiful – even inspiring – just as rescue mechanisms and stimulus packages can rally markets and
raise
hopes.
Likewise, the European Central Bank’s decision not to cut rates – deluding itself that it may be able to
raise
them once the allegedly “temporary” credit crunch is gone – is mistaken.
For example, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his own bilateral meeting with Duterte this month, did
raise
concerns about the drug war in the Philippines.
From this simple chain of logic follows the conclusion that we have a moral obligation to tax our superrich at the peak of the Laffer Curve: to tax them so heavily that we
raise
the most possible money from them – to the point beyond which their diversion of energy and enterprise into tax avoidance and sheltering would mean that any extra taxes would not
raise
but reduce revenue.
But few businesses are currently able to
raise
money to do so.
He emphasized the crucial role of housing in allowing low-income individuals to
raise
capital that can be used for investment in small businesses, in education, or in other projects that can significantly improve standards of living over the medium to long term.
For Turkey, Syria’s plight is a strategic nightmare, because any breakup of Syria implies the possible rise of a greater Kurdistan, which would
raise
claims to a great swath of Turkish territory.
It takes a blinkered view of the world to conclude that the UK could
raise
its international profile by leaving the EU.
While new technologies reduce demand for low- to middle-skill workers in routine jobs, such as clerical work and repetitive production, they also
raise
demand for higher-skill workers in technical, creative, and managerial fields.
A 10% tax on those existing accumulated foreign earnings would
raise
about $200 billion over the ten years.
A 15% tax would
raise
$300 billion.
Several struggled to
raise
even a third of what was needed.
After all, it has been China’s young guns who consistently
raise
the issue of local corruption at Party summits.
When I represented George W. Bush’s administration in the six-party talks in 2005, I had written instructions not to participate in any dinners or other social engagements with the North Koreans, nor even to
raise
a glass in any toast that included North Korean representatives.
Determining the size of likely losses is necessary to decide whether banks’ retained earnings from profitable ongoing operations and their ability to
raise
private capital will allow them to work down their toxic assets over time.
John Paul II had the courage to
raise
the fundamental questions that needed asking.
But in the recent federal election campaign, both of Germany’s main political parties ruled out proposals to
raise
the retirement age to 70, even though there are good reasons for doing precisely that.
Thus, for instance, bound tariffs (i.e., agreed ceilings) allow countries to
raise
actual tariffs, which are often lower, without restraint.
How much would it require, per person, to
raise
the necessary $40-60 billion?
And when the Fed decided to exit this strategy and
raise
rates in a steady and predictable fashion, so did the ECB.
Policies that can help
raise
standards of living there will stimulate demand and growth elsewhere in the global economy.
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