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Speculation about what will replace them ranges from predictions of unexpected opportunities to forecasts of large-scale unemployment as machines displace most human labor.
Today, they are a household name, synonymous with unruly speculation, boundless greed, and, ultimately, systemic instability.
Most of the Middle East is ablaze, stoking speculation that a long Sunni-Shia war (like Europe’s Thirty Years’ War between Catholics and Protestants) could be at hand.
Numerous pundits say that the FBI announcement will help Republicans down-ballot, but that’s pure speculation.
They didn’t deny that “excesses” of speculation may arise.
This is risky speculation.
Bankers are blamed because their irresponsible lending and speculation brought about the fall of economies like Ireland and Latvia, as well as deep trouble in countries like Spain and Portugal.
This has led to speculation that Chang’s execution was retaliation, endorsed by Shenyang, for Bo’s arrest and the ongoing purge of his supporters, including, most recently, Zhou Yongkang, the powerful former chief of internal security.
Speculation about Trump’s likely foreign and domestic policies is rampant, but little if any of it is meaningful.
Some have attributed the rise to bubbles in commodities prices, owing to low interest rates and easy access to credit for commodity speculation.
Speculation about a possible breakup was widespread.
Capital stopped flowing out of southern Europe and speculation eased.
It sees ever increasing anger against bloated payments to bosses, risky speculation, and outright fraud.
If that is true, France’s 2017 presidential election is an eternity away, and any speculation at this point is premature, even imprudent.
She did not dress or behave in ways that would serve as tabloid fodder or fuel lurid speculation.
This reinforces the motivation to engage in sensational speculation, however baseless, as has occurred in Sridevi’s case.
The distinctions among fact, opinion, and speculation, between reportage and rumor, and between sourced information and unfounded claims – which are drummed into journalism students’ heads the world over – have faded into irrelevance in today’s Indian media.
I have experienced the limitations of India’s media firsthand, having been treated to repeated doses of speculation, gossip, accusation, and worse over the course of the last four years, following the tragic death of my wife.
At the same time, regulation and taxation should be used to rein in disruptive day trading and other exploitative speculation that crowds out sustainable investment and disrupts regular business activities.
In this case, the issue is the cost of Greece's exit (“Grexit") from the eurozone – a prospect that was widely discussed in the media throughout the recent negotiation, with considerable speculation about the stance of the various players, especially the Greek and German governments.
When banks are given the freedom to choose, they choose riskless profit or even financial speculation over lending that would support the broader objective of economic growth.
On the one side were liberals, “a class of men sanguine in hope, bold in speculation, always pressing forward…and disposed to give every change credit for being an improvement.”
Money put into banks and other financial intermediaries (such as pension and insurance funds) can finance productive activities or short-term speculation (for example, consumer loans and real estate).
But even when China attempted to create a more reliably market-based system, investors’ responses were skewed, with unfounded expectations of a substantial and consistent devaluation fueling speculation in international markets.
China’s leaders have yet to explain what prompted the incursion – but there is no shortage of speculation.
Corporate Governance at Saudi AramcoDUBAI – Since the announcement last year that Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company and Saudi Arabia’s corporate crown jewel, would go public, the media have been abuzz with speculation – and not just about the company’s massive valuation.
In any case, despite all the media speculation, the specifics of how and when Saudi Aramco will be privatized have not been considered thoroughly.
This large and enduring effect has surprised many, since the “story” about the Chinese drop – that the trigger was a rumor that China’s government, concerned about speculation, planned to impose controls on the stock market – seems to have no logical relevance elsewhere.
The story was always that speculation in the markets had government leaders worried, which is, of course, essentially the same story that we heard from China on February 27.
The calls to curb speculation in derivatives markets or short sales have this flavor.
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