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This was possible only because of the boom in commodity prices that began in 2003, and the
surge
in capital inflows until 2012, as developed-country investors searched for yield in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis.
In 2002, for example, the CDF focused on the impact of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization – a precursor to a spectacular
surge
of export-led growth.
There has been a
surge
in euro-denominated international bonds, but the liquidity of foreign-exchange markets is no higher for the euro compared to the national currencies it replaced, and the euro remains a long way from challenging the supremacy of the dollar.
Most commentators appear to think that Bush’s latest prescription – a
surge
of 20,000 additional troops to suppress the militias in Baghdad – will, at best, merely postpone the inevitable death of his dream of a democratic Iraq.
Borrowing in foreign hard currencies is particularly risky, as depreciation of the local currency can cause liabilities to
surge.
And the country is not exactly positioned for a
surge
in productivity.
Servicing that debt would require primary budget surpluses equal to at least 4% of GDP until 2022 – an outcome that would require a
surge
in growth.
But the CBO also warned that in 2011, when the baby boomers (whose leading edge reached 65 that year) began to retire, Medicare and Social Security costs would surge, while pay-ins would decline.
But that flow is also accompanied by a
surge
of more economically motivated migration, from the Balkans and West Africa, for example.
Meanwhile, instability in emerging economies leads their wealthier citizens to try to rescue as much capital as possible, driving a
surge
in real-estate prices in global safe havens like New York, London, and Geneva.
For, although the
surge
was important, two other factors played a critical role in bringing Iraq back from the brink.
We know that a 17-fold increase in the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere over the last century is part of the price of the
surge
in our prosperity, and that the world’s poorest citizens will bear the heaviest burden in paying it.
Not surprisingly, Asia led the way, accounting for 33% of the total US export
surge
over the past three years.
Whatever the result of the election, the most striking phenomenon will be the rise of regionalism, most notably a
surge
in support for the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP).
No one is looking for a sudden surge, and volatility is reduced by the absence of sharp up-movements.
The last big
surge
of innovation was the Internet revolution, whose products came onstream in the 1990’s.
Over the last decade, the
surge
in enrollment, together with the expansion of learning assessments, has exposed the scale of the quality crisis in education.
The problems include a
surge
in unemployment, and the need to reallocate fiscal resources to these individuals, whose welfare is critical to the preservation of social stability.
First, the recent extraordinary period of repressed volatility in financial markets, ultra-low interest rates, and dollar weakness unleashed another
surge
of capital flows to emerging countries, including “tourist dollars,” which tend to flow right back out at the first sign of trouble.
If that happens, the country’s debt burden will
surge
again, become unsustainable, and force the government – in this case Argentina, which is servicing most of its debt – to default again on all creditors.
In both periods, fiscal laxity stoked volatility in the foreign exchange markets, where the
surge
in inflation in the 1960s destroyed the fixed exchange rate system of Bretton Woods.
Revenue growth thus looks insufficient to match the
surge
in age-related public spending on health and pensions.
When prices eventually recovered and soybean production picked up once more, firms could accommodate the
surge
in demand by making use of existing excess capacity.
Moreover, all of this is occurring in the shadow of next year’s elections to the European Parliament, which will likely be attended by a
surge
of populist parties across the continent.
Unfortunately, the
surge
in homelessness has strained municipal and local governments’ capacity to respond.
Such efforts seem but a part of a
surge
of protectionism in European political debate about business, especially when it comes to cross-border acquisitions.
When a positive technological “shock” raises real wages, people will work more, causing output to
surge.
The
surge
in domestically produced shale oil caused OPEC members Algeria, Angola, and Nigeria to lose significant market share in the US.
The most important instrument driving this
surge
was margin trading, which enabled investors to borrow heavily to purchase shares.
In mid-June, the prolonged
surge
in stock prices finally drove an unnerved China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to impose restrictions on offline private fund matching.
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