Reluctant
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But excessive concern about government’s solvency can cause the private sector to be
reluctant
to spend.
Originally
reluctant
to accept a Europe with autonomous military capacity, the United Kingdom had learned from the intervention in Kosovo that the EU must be able to respond to crises rapidly and efficiently.
Other qualified people from emerging markets have been
reluctant
to put their hats into the ring – it is a brutal job, with a travel schedule that requires physical stamina to match wisdom and experience.
For example, rather than nominations from governments, which often are
reluctant
to support excellent candidates from opposition parties, an international nominating committee could put forward names.
Both were
reluctant
to lower interest rates markedly.
At the same time as Rato pushed
reluctant
European nations to yield some of their power in the Fund, he introduced reforms that clarified and strengthened the Fund’s role in managing exchange rates.
Georgia wants a
reluctant
EU to be more engaged, but each side understands engagement differently.
I fear that the French and Germans have now lost patience with the troublesome British, and are
reluctant
to cut a deal.
Yet donors and governments remain
reluctant
to provide the needed funding.
Some say it is a question of nationalism: the French or the British are
reluctant
to subordinate national to European interests.
During Tusk’s premiership, the government was perversely
reluctant
to claim credit for Poland’s economic success.
He was
reluctant
to harness his followers’ nativism and economic insecurity to build an anti-system movement that might weaken the foundations of the country’s parliamentary democracy.
But President Barack Obama’s administration has remained
reluctant
to join – much to the bewilderment of China’s government.
With private investors
reluctant
to lend more or even to roll over existing debt, the bulk of Greek debt at the time of any restructuring (or whatever it is euphemistically called) will be from the official sector.
In particular, the leaders of “Old Europe” have been
reluctant
to open up their coffers for the countries of “New Europe.”
Discussions on banking union are still under way, and Germany is
reluctant
to mutualize risk.
Yet I am
reluctant
to believe that things will turn out the same way this time.
That would have pushed Kadyrov even further away from Russian control at a time when the Kremlin has become increasingly unable, and possibly reluctant, to purchase his loyalty.
Abe is an intensely conservative nationalist, still deeply
reluctant
to accept the extent of Japan’s World War II guilt (even when acknowledging, as he did in Australia recently, “the horrors of the past century’s history” and offering gracious condolences for “the many souls who lost their lives”).
Though the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and challenges are no longer confined to national or even regional borders, major powers are increasingly
reluctant
to assume global responsibilities.
IMF conditionality for the activation of the majority of their borrowing could make countries
reluctant
to turn to the CMIM for support.
High tax rates on labor – together with rigid regulation of hiring and firing – make employers extremely
reluctant
to recruit workers.
But companies are
reluctant
to invest in CCS because it adds substantial cost and generates no revenue.
Even Afghan expatriates in the Gulf states, who have invested roughly $5 billion in regional and global trading networks, are
reluctant
to invest in their homeland.
And yet the trend is moving forward, since the demands of society are clearly awakened and are pushing even the
reluctant
governments forward.
British regulators will never again rely on the Icelandic authorities, and Eastern European countries will be
reluctant
to remain dependent on foreign-owned banks.
Both have also been active, if reluctant, participants in European integration.
A recurrent theme of the Greek crisis since it erupted in late 2009 is that both the Greeks and the eurozone’s creditor countries have been
reluctant
to consider lessons from previous emerging-market crises.
No surprise, then, that Republican members of Congress, wary of being challenged in party primary elections, are
reluctant
to take on that base, which Trump has been cultivating.
This gauntlet of scrutiny is why young women with great leadership qualities are often
reluctant
to enter the public eye: they see this abuse, whether “positive” or negative, as a no-win proposition, one that powerful men simply do not face.
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