Reluctance
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There are also striking similarities between Western leaders’ responses to the two crises – namely, their
reluctance
to take decisive action.
Clearly, the world’s democracies lack perfect options, given everyone’s eminently reasonable
reluctance
to resort to force.
The other limit is China's
reluctance
to take full advantage of an uncensored civil society.
As the world’s largest polluter, accounting for roughly a quarter of global carbon emissions, America’s
reluctance
to do more is perhaps understandable, if not forgivable.
America’s
reluctance
to target areas of weakness or fragility leaves the impression externally that QE2’s real goal is to weaken the dollar.
A
reluctance
of foreign investors to keep accumulating dollar assets will cause a smaller capital inflow from the rest of the world.
In an era when public debt write-offs (haircuts) are widely viewed as unacceptable (witness the European Union’s position on Greece) and governments are often reluctant to write off private debts (witness Italy’s
reluctance
to impose a haircut on holders of banks’ subordinated debt), sustained negative ex post returns are the slow-burn path to reducing debt.
Part of the
reluctance
to change is due the fact that Putin remains very popular – for now.
The Fed’s
reluctance
to serve as the world’s lender of last resort, or to acknowledge that exchange-rate movements cannot undo its actions abroad, would seem to condemn it to being a parochial and inward-looking institution.
And there is still a
reluctance
to let the currency float, something that would discourage Chinese firms from accumulating such large foreign-currency-denominated obligations.
Faced with US President Barack Obama’s
reluctance
to challenge China’s muscle-flexing and territorial ambitions in Asia – reflected in Japan’s recent split with the US over China’s new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) – an increasingly desperate Abe was compelled to let both countries know that restraint cannot be one-sided.
But that is precisely why the European Central Bank will overcome its
reluctance
and intervene in the Italian and Spanish bond markets, and why the Italian and Spanish governments will, in the end, use that breathing space to complete the reforms that the ECB requires as a quid pro quo.
One recalls the
reluctance
on the part of the Dutch and the Belgians even to issue transit visas to refugees like me attempting to reach England from Germany during World War II, for fear that we would remain in their countries.
But, as I was told during my visit, the central government’s
reluctance
to move more quickly reflects its wariness of imposing immense fiscal pressures on local authorities.
By contrast, the Bank of England’s
reluctance
to provide liquidity – because of concerns about “moral hazard” – was a poor choice.
Obvious economic problems include Europe’s weak banks, China’s distorted property market, political uncertainty in the West, historically high private and public debt – 225% of GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund – and the
reluctance
of heavily indebted Greece and Portugal to comply with IMF programs.
A similar
reluctance
will dominate the rest of the immediate institutional agenda.
But efforts to tackle health-care costs continue to be hampered by widespread
reluctance
to tackle sensitive issues, as epitomized by the “death panel” tempest of a year ago.
This implies that the problem has mainly been a lack of demand for credit –
reluctance
on the part of businesses and households to borrow on almost any terms in a flat market.
But rising commodity prices are overcoming reluctance, and prospecting is generating a multitude of new discoveries.
Equally disturbing has been the continuing
reluctance
of international leaders to provide new financial commitments to Ukraine, despite growing pressure on its foreign-currency reserves and the specter of a full-blown financial meltdown.
Chinese leaders’ longstanding
reluctance
to participate in international sanctions is often attributed to their belief in judging actions by whether or not they work.
Perhaps the real pragmatism on display in the case of North Korea is a
reluctance
to rein in the business community at a time of slower growth and internal fixation.
We have seen this in the European Commission’s
reluctance
to decide how products based on green biotechnology may be used.
For Israel, the cease-fire with Hamas reflects its
reluctance
to become mired in another asymmetric war like the one it fought in Lebanon two summers ago, this time in the alleys of Gaza’s refugee camps.
Despite European
reluctance
to cede ground, US President Barack Obama succeeded in brokering such a reallocation of IMF quota shares at the G-20 summit in Seoul in November 2010.
Germany is no longer an exception when it comes to public opinion, and European governments are united in their
reluctance
to send troops on the ground to separate Israel and Hezbollah.
There is understandable
reluctance
to allow that to happen again.
This fear contributed to the
reluctance
of countries like Denmark and Sweden to embrace greater European integration.
Notwithstanding Trump’s reluctance, many countries seem to recognize the imperative to act.
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