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Likewise, in order to reduce financial-sector risks (including excessive leverage and
shadow
banking), regulation of banking and insurance have been consolidated under the new China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
Historical animosities continue to cast a
shadow
over Japan’s relationships with some Asian countries.
But if any US president can overcome that historical
shadow
hanging over the UN, Obama can.
Carbon Taxes at the BarricadesLONDON – For governments everywhere, the
shadow
of the gilets jaunes (“yellow vests”), whose protests wracked France for several Saturdays before Christmas, now looms over policies to combat climate change.
In other words, the
shadow
of the future suggests that a moderate strategy is best.
Nor will the
shadow
cast over the CCP by his high-living, exiled son Bo Guagua and his homicidal wife Bogu Kailai simply disappear.
As a result, the Depression did not cast a
shadow
on future growth – or, rather, the
shadow
was overwhelmed by the blinding floodlights of five years of mobilization for total war against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
There is no analogous set of floodlights being deployed to erase the
shadow
that is currently being cast by the lesser depression.
On the contrary, the
shadow
is lengthening with each passing day, owing to the absence of effective policies to get the flow of economy-wide nominal spending back on its previous track.
There are several important items missing from the policy mix that cast a
shadow
over the realization of both full-scale productivity growth and a shift to more inclusive growth patterns.
Over the last 18 months, Li’s government has been attempting to address these challenges, by overhauling China’s industrial structure, reducing excess production capacity, restricting lending, containing the
shadow
banking sector, and curbing real-estate investment.
A generalized run on the banking system has been a source of fear for the first time in seven decades, while the
shadow
banking system – broker-dealers, non-bank mortgage lenders, structured investment vehicles and conduits, hedge funds, money market funds, and private equity firms – are at risk of a run on their short-term liabilities.
After all, Richard Nixon’s race against John Kennedy in 1960 is said to have been lost on television: Kennedy looked cool and handsome, while Nixon scowled into the camera, with sweat trickling down his five o’clock
shadow.
The US preaches “good governance” in the
shadow
of an unprovoked war, congressional bribery scandals, and windfalls for politically connected companies like Halliburton.
It is a lesson that needs relearning today, as the world economy continues to struggle to find a more solid foundation for growth and escape the
shadow
of the 2008-2009 crisis.
And, while the housing market shows some signs of stabilizing, prices will remain weighed down by the large
shadow
inventory of homes in foreclosure and held by banks.
He has a beautiful princess daughter who can do no wrong, and emasculated grown sons who linger in their father’s
shadow.
If there is any surprise about bin Laden’s hideout, it is its location in a military town, Abbottabad, in the
shadow
of an army academy.
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.
Indeed,
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banking would not have grown so fast had that regime not been devised with the apparent lessons of the 1930’s in mind.
But the
shadow
system’s failure after the collapse of Lehman Brothers was no less a bank run just because professional investors were involved.
Few in East Asia want to live in the
shadow
of a hegemonic China.
Right now, sentiment is decidedly bearish, reflecting concerns about slowing growth, excessive buildup of local-government debt, and possible defaults in the
shadow
banking sector.
India’s New Caste PoliticsCaste, once again, is casting its
shadow
over India’s politics.
As a result, China indeed has cast a lengthening
shadow
over the group, openly seeking, for example, to control the proposed common development bank – something that India and Russia, in particular, are loath to accept.
Indeed, the Fed regulates only banks, so liquidity and leverage will migrate to the
shadow
banking system if banks are regulated more tightly.
But, to rely on the US government alone to plot the most effective strategy in the
shadow
of possible internal group-think is asking too much.
We can, however, be less certain about the
shadow
banking sector, almost by definition.
Of course, since the US military can detain anyone in Afghanistan, and hold him or her without charge in these conditions forever, the entire country lives under the
shadow
of torture at Bagram.
The first set of
shadow
activities includes those conducted by the banks themselves, for example, as a way to reduce the amount of equity funding that they need.
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