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They have already been
sharply
criticized by Democrats as being too risky and pro-bank – which they largely are.
In the two years since the Paris climate agreement was adopted, deforestation increased
sharply
in Indonesia and parts of the Amazon, where much of the world’s largest and most vital tropical forests stand.
Arrests and prosecutions for endangering state security have risen
sharply
since September 11, 2001.
Hollande’s victory has already
sharply
redefined European politics.
Other indices--such as
sharply
declining membership rolls--confirm that parties have become unpopular.
But even if prices and wages were to fall by 30% over the next few years (which would most likely be socially and politically unsustainable), the real value of debt would increase sharply, worsening the insolvency of governments and private debtors.
The pound initially fell sharply, and then recovered, while long-term government borrowing rates have risen by around 30 basis points.
Europe’s unity of purpose in Libya contrasts
sharply
with its divisions and indecisiveness as Yugoslavia disintegrated in the early 1990’s.
The context for peace in the Middle East has deteriorated
sharply
in the seven years since the Clinton administration last convened the parties.
The risk of a vicious, self-reinforcing downward spiral would rise
sharply.
Europe’s unwillingness to nurture and deploy its clout contrasts
sharply
with America’s assertive use of its market power to advance its interests and preferences.
Moreover, Malawi has a proven track record of
sharply
higher food yields when impoverished farmers are helped with inputs.
Industrial quantities of research, analysis, and debate have been devoted to the causes of the 2008 crisis and its consequences; so it seems odd that senior central bankers are still so
sharply
divided on the central issue of financial stability.
The stock market has already fallen
sharply
and may fall further.
This led to a temporary reduction in the financial strains confronting the debt endangered countries on the eurozone’s periphery (Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland),
sharply
lowered the risk of a liquidity run in the eurozone banking system, and cut financing costs for Italy and Spain from their unsustainable levels of last fall.
This can be accomplished in two ways:
sharply
cutting the interest rate paid by Greece, or reducing the face value of the debt.
The main reason is simple: as debt is reduced, its price rises in the secondary market,
sharply
curtailing the benefits to the borrower.
The US public
sharply
rejected Obama’s planned missile strikes to punish Assad for the repeated use of chemical weapons, and a recent Pew poll indicates that a majority of Americans believe that the US “should mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own.”
It was the value of the stock market that fell
sharply
– which makes sense, given that counter-cyclical policy is now severely constrained.
In 1996, after then-Fed Chair Allan Greenspan raised the possibility that investors were suffering from “irrational exuberance,” he was criticized so
sharply
that he never dared to say anything like that again, even in the middle of the Internet bubble.
Inequality has risen sharply, spurring many populations to become increasingly disillusioned not just with the specific factors fueling it, but with openness and globalization in virtually all its forms, including immigration and free trade.
Thereafter, the two camps’ interests and conclusions diverged
sharply.
That reduction in potential deficits and debt can by itself give a boost to the economy in 2011 by calming fears that an exploding national debt would eventually force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates – perhaps
sharply
if foreign buyers of US Treasuries suddenly became frightened by the deficit prospects.
In Tunisia, too, the budget deficit has widened
sharply
in the wake of the revolution, rising from 2.6% of GDP in 2010 to 6% in 2011.
Consider Jeremy Corbyn, who has moved the United Kingdom’s Labour Party
sharply
to the left and away from the pragmatic approach of Tony Blair’s New Labour.
After many years of outperformance, GDP growth has slowed
sharply.
This contrasts
sharply
with attitudes in Europe, where only 35% believe the same thing.
The Great Depression, which followed the stock market crash of 1929, saw unemployment rise
sharply
in many countries, accompanied by severe deflation.
But, in many ways, Hu Jintao’s tenure as the head of the fourth generation of Communist leaders, which began when he became party secretary in 2002, differs
sharply
from that of his mentor.
With a larger budget deficit, America’s current-account deficit would soar as well, just as it did when Reagan’s tax cuts expanded the federal budget deficit
sharply
in the early 1980s.
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