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In particular, if the increase in demand is not accommodated by a supply-side response, illegal and often risky migration will tend to grow.
Collectively, their employees shared more than $36 billion dollars in bonuses last year, thanks to the huge profits these institutions “earned” on their risky and aggressive business strategies.
It has been an aggressive and risky foreign policy, but Al Thani clearly believes that he can fill a regional leadership vacuum.
But that does not make it any less risky.
And a Portuguese banker declared that, while banks should reduce their exposure to risky government bonds, government pressure to buy more was overwhelming.
A global economy that is levering up, while unable to generate enough aggregate demand to achieve potential growth, is on a risky path.
But to assess how risky, several factors must be considered.
Excessive household debt is particularly risky, because a shock in the price of assets (especially real estate) translates quickly into reduced consumption, as it weakens growth, employment, and investment.
If, however, it is financing “current operations” and raising short-term aggregate demand, it is highly risky.
Instead of allowing a single self-interested sector to dictate the economy’s functioning, policymakers must determine precisely what the acceptable balance is between risky speculative activities and financial stability – and ensure that the financial sector adheres to it.
The aim was to reduce private credit spreads (the difference between yields on private assets and those on government bonds of similar maturity) and to boost, directly and indirectly, the price of other risky assets such as equities and real estate.
Trade liberalization exposes often ill-prepared businesses to the intense pressures of international competition, and requires a wide array of often painful reforms and risky politically decisions.
So, while this latest bear-market rally may continue for a bit longer, renewed downward pressure on stocks and other risky assets is inevitable.
Shorting a stock is difficult and risky: it is difficult because borrowing stocks is hard to do, and it is risky because shorting has limited upside but infinite downside.
But holding cash can be risky, as Greek savers, worried about the safety of their bank deposits, learned after stuffing it into their mattresses and walls: the number of armed home robberies rose sharply, and some cash was devoured by rodents.
But, given such investors' long-term liabilities (claims and benefits), their mandate is to invest mostly in bonds, which are less risky than stocks or other volatile assets.
Moreover, in a “risk-off" environment, when investors are risk-averse or when equities and other risky assets are subject to market and/or credit uncertainty, it may be better to hold negative-yielding bonds than riskier and more volatile assets.
Earlier in President Bill Clinton’s administration, we had discussed the dangers of these fast-multiplying and risky financial products.
While the likelihood of a Trump presidency seems to be declining by the day, it would be premature – and, indeed, highly risky – to dismiss it altogether.
This is risky speculation.
The lower the price of risk, the higher the price of risky assets.
Stocks are risky, depressions can happen, and it is dangerous to extrapolate the past to the future.
But most economists also agree that competitive tariffs are a risky way to address these grievances.
It was a bold and risky strategy that ultimately changed the political map of Europe.
Banks are often less prepared to finance a risky, but possibly bright idea.
Mortgage-backed securities were urged onto investors for whom they were too risky.
Netanyahu knows how risky this course will be at home and abroad, which is why he is likely to invite Herzog to join the government as a junior partner.
But both left and right agree on the fundamental asymmetry that the recent “Citigroup Amendment” implies: Bankers get rich whether they win or lose, because the US taxpayer foots the bill when their risky bets fail.
But that too is risky.
Second, there is the danger that weak European banks will extend risky loans at a time when they should be making their portfolios less risky.
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