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It has also contributed to the economic slowdown in China, raising concerns (which I believe are exaggerated) that the country’s new leadership may have problems engineering a soft landing for an economy accustomed to double-digit (or high single-digit) growth.
This gives them the right to opt out of the Greek rescue, raising the prospect that the package may unravel.
As patients, future patients, or relatives, we all have an interest in raising the standards of consent.
Understanding why so many doctors struggle with it is the first step toward raising the standards of consent.
These efforts are a good start, but raising more money and generating longer lists of projects isn’t enough.
That debate began in 2011, when then-President Dmitri Medvedev proposed raising military spending by $600 billion, taking it from under 3% to above 4% of GDP, over ten years.
And it is raising awareness as well, among its own staff and other stakeholders, of how to support malaria prevention, including through mosquito nets and a clean environment.
Their estimates of the economic consequences of raising the target result in moderate additional costs, ranging from 0-2% of GDP in 2020.
And its intensifying political crisis – impeachment proceedings have now been initiated against President Dilma Rousseff for allegedly using irregular accounting maneuvers to disguise the size of the budget deficit – is raising serious questions about who can provide the much-needed treatment.
To be sure, a stronger currency might increase investment in services by raising the relative price of nontraded goods.
Martin Schulz’s Social Democrats, on the other hand, favor raising public spending, by investing in infrastructure in particular.
But the ECB holds firm against cutting; indeed, after the Governing Council’s December meeting, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said that some members were in favor of raising rates.
The ECB’s hawks, understanding the dangers of abnormally low interest rates for a central bank whose primary objective is price stability, had been eager to start raising rates earlier.
Likewise, China is nowhere to be found in today’s humanitarian crises, raising doubts about whether Xi is actually willing to shoulder the responsibilities that accompany the standing he claims for his country.
Meanwhile, the US, after raising its total contribution for Syrian refugee assistance to $3.7 billion last March, has provided an additional pledge of $508 million.
The simplest solution is to mandate that the government buy less health care – by raising the eligibility age for Medicare, capping benefits for high-income beneficiaries, and so on.
The country would then focus on domestic issues such as economic development, improving its public institutions, and raising living standards.
As Columbia’s Xavier Sala-i-Martin pointed out in 2002 and 2006, even as inequality has risen in nearly every country, inequality across countries has decreased, owing largely to the success of developing countries like China and India in raising their per capita incomes since the 1980s.
But, to circumvent the restrictions in the state-dominated financial system, a shadow banking system has developed, raising new risks: economic distortions; reliance on excess leverage to drive growth in the consumer, real estate, corporate, and government sectors; and dangers associated with inadequate regulation.
The Fed is now in the process of shrinking its balance sheet, forcing the market to buy more bonds and therefore raising interest rates.
And yet it ignores the fact that raising interest rates prematurely can also fuel financial instability.
marketing, brand identity, raising money for NGOs.
And with higher life expectancy, raising the retirement age is a further sensible way to address the negative effects of an aging population.
This engagement policy has paid off in several ways, in the process raising Turkey’s profile in the region.
It is not only the lack of funding that is raising alarms; so are restrictions on how available funds can be used.
If China is to thrive in the long term, raising its aggregate productivity is key.
But raising Russian living standards remains central to Putin’s grip on power and his long-term legacy.
For example, farmers around the world could reduce their water use dramatically by switching from conventional irrigation to drip irrigation, which uses a series of tubes to deliver water directly to each plant while preserving or raising crop yields.
To compensate, firms have been raising prices, fueling inflation.
From the outset, the Trump administration has maintained a pro-business attitude, exemplified by his commitment to deregulation, raising hopes among investors of a boost to the US and global economies.
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