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Whatever the immediate trigger, the consequences for the US are likely to be severe, for a simple reason: the US government continues to pursue pro-cyclical fiscal, macro-prudential, and even monetary policies.
The government’s capacity to invest is under severe pressure.
This means that if Trump fulfills his campaign promises – say, to impose severe immigration limits and high import tariffs – he won’t actually solve the problem.
A more relevant example may well be Turkey, where Islamist movements were dissolved by the courts; when they reappeared in a different guise, they had to undergo severe tests.
For the Fed, the problem is less severe.
Syria – which has become a true humanitarian disaster, with no end in sight – poses the most severe test of the region’s ability to compromise and reconcile.
It is hardly a stretch to conclude that QE exacerbated America’s already severe income disparities.
Severe malnutrition in early childhood harms cognitive development.
Today’s brave new world of financial globalization will almost surely face severe new stress tests, reminding us that recessions still happen.
By contrast, rapid population growth in many poorer countries still poses a severe threat to human welfare.
But his domestic policies, constrained by the recent severe earthquake and his own small mandate, differ only slightly from those of his predecessors, at least for now.
NEW YORK – The latest macroeconomic news from the United States, other advanced economies, and emerging markets confirms that the global economy will face a severe recession in 2009.
This contraction has become even more severe since then.
Indeed, more than a dozen emerging-market economies now face severe financial pressures: Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine in Europe;Indonesia, Korea, and Pakistan in Asia; and Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela in Latin America.
To avoid the severe risks that would result from a rise in global average temperature of more than 2˚C, we must get atmospheric concentrations below 450 ppm.
While they claim to be redeemers of the poor and trumpet their readiness to fight for their “selfless” Bolivarian cause, they refuse international assistance, forcing Venezuelans either to emigrate or suffer (and, in many cases, die) from severe shortages of food, medicines, and medical supplies.
Severe shortages of life-saving drugs in Venezuela are the result of the government’s default on a $3.5 billion bill for pharmaceutical imports.
Could the rollout last fall of the inferior Apple Maps, which sent people to the wrong destination – causing severe public embarrassment and leading to a managerial shakeup – foreshadow a time when Apple’s best days are behind it?
Any weakening of these two institutions would cause severe damage to common European interests.
Only strong regulations, transparency, and severe penalties can create a level playing field.
This would minimize the risk of severe violence in Iran, while galvanizing opposition to religious extremists.
Instead, even as the Games were proceeding, Putin launched a semi-covert military intervention in Ukraine, which, together with his talk of Russian nationalism, has induced severe anxiety, particularly among ex-Soviet countries.
But if the US recession is long and severe, the result could be outright recession in some countries (the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Japan), and even financial crises in vulnerable emerging-market economies.
I expect a longer and deeper U-shaped recession, lasting at least 12 months and possibly as long as 18 months – one of the most severe US recessions in decades – because today’s macroeconomic and financial conditions are far worse.
Third, the US is experiencing its most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Still, given a severe financial crisis, declining home prices, and a credit crunch, the US is facing its longest and deepest recession in decades, dashing any hope of a soft landing for the rest of the world.
While a global recession will be averted, a severe growth slowdown will not.
That seemingly endless “emergency” has resulted in the severe restriction, or even suspension, of individual and political liberties.
The humanitarian situation is already dire for 60% of Yemen’s 30 million inhabitants: an estimated seven million people could be close to famine; and almost 500,000 children are at risk of severe malnutrition.
The deterioration of the overall fiscal balances of South Korea, China, and India has been just as severe as in the larger EU member states.
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