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At the same time, Germany, suffering from the after-effects of reunification, had to
tighten
its belt.
To discourage new lending and reduce the risk of capital outflows, the PBOC should
tighten
monetary policy.
The country must drastically
tighten
its domestic monetary policy, curtail foreign borrowing, and prepare for the likelihood of a full-blown economic recession, during which time domestic saving will slowly have to be rebuilt.
Would it really have been preferable to
tighten
policy far earlier, to kill off weaker companies in the interests of improving productivity?
The US Treasury strongly encouraged Asia to
tighten
fiscal policy during its 1990’s crisis.
The attack, which caused the US government to cancel public-diplomacy programs, evacuate offices, and
tighten
security substantially, was a massive setback for American diplomatic efforts in Libya.
Depending on just how much the FOMC decides to
tighten
at a future meeting, we foresee negative effects on world GDP in the medium term, not only for emerging markets but also for industrialized economies.
It is time for China to seriously consider allowing the renminbi to float freely, while reserving the right to intervene when it must, and
tighten
the management of cross-border capital flows (permissible under last November’s G-20 agreements).
Likewise, as China’s demographic profile causes the labor market to
tighten
sharply, rapidly rising real wages will make it easier to achieve strong growth in domestic demand without excessive credit creation.
At the same time, Russian support is needed to
tighten
sanctions against North Korea.
Chinese leaders, for their part, view America’s strategic “pivot to Asia” as a thinly veiled step to
tighten
its geopolitical containment of China.
This would push up inflation rates significantly, forcing the US Federal Reserve to
tighten
monetary policy, thereby quite possibly undermining America’s recovery, which remains unsteady.
Europeans are willing to
tighten
their belts, but they need to see a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of income and job growth.
It will be very tough – not only for Greece, but for all the other overextended countries of Europe – to
tighten
fiscal policy in the midst of recession without risking a deepening spiral.
As projects move down the pipeline toward realization, it is critical to
tighten
management of the delivery and execution stages.
This became the central feature of the gold-standard world: a country that was losing gold reserves would
tighten
interest rates in order to attract money.
In a recent speech, Fed Chair Janet Yellen confirmed that such steps would be “appropriate” if the economy continues to improve, stating that “delaying action to
tighten
monetary policy until employment and inflation are already back to our objectives would risk overheating the economy.”
Nevertheless, when you listen to the speeches of policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic, you hear presidents and prime ministers say things like: “Just as families and companies have had to be cautious about spending, government must
tighten
its belt as well.”
It could, it is true,
tighten
the existing siege on North Korea by cutting trade further and blocking energy supplies.
The failure of US regulators to
tighten
capital and lending standards when abundant capital inflows combined with loose Fed policies ignited a furious credit boom.
As a result, China’s labor market will
tighten
more rapidly than many expect.
Burma’s former military leaders, it seems, looked ahead dispassionately and saw a stark choice: either relinquish gradually their absolute power, allowing for a democratic transition, or permit China to
tighten
its grip on their country.
Chinese officials are poised to
tighten
monetary policy and impose regulatory measures to curb debt momentum, which is bound to mean sacrificing short-term economic growth in order to put growth back on a stable footing.
It is not Germany’s fault that Italy and Spain had to
tighten
their budgets last year.
That intervention – the largest that any central bank has ever undertaken – left the PBOC with little choice but to
tighten
capital controls substantially.
Meanwhile, banking regulators are continuing to
tighten
lending standards, even though economic conditions suggest they should be easing up.
To this end, the government must
tighten
financial supervision, improve budgetary management, and enhance the operational efficiency of fiscal policies.
The aim is to buttress his demand, which he will reiterate when he reaches Beijing, that China follow through on its pledges in the United Nations Security Council to
tighten
sanctions on North Korea.
Shinzo Abe, Japan's right-wing nationalist prime minister, does not need much encouragement to
tighten
up secrecy laws, give more powers to the police, or make it easier to use military force.
So far, the US approach to North Korea has been to
tighten
sanctions and outsource the problem to China.
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