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In my reading of the latest research, the likelihood of collapse in this century is small – but uncertain.
Autumn’s Known UnknownsNEW YORK – During the height of the Iraq war, then-US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke of “known unknowns” – foreseeable risks whose realization is uncertain.
Whether the ECB will ease policy more aggressively is also uncertain.
So-called “structural” reforms may help, but the likely gains are small and uncertain.
Even while the votes were being counted and the scale of Macron’s win was becoming clear, the noisy election night debates between France’s warring politicians pointed to an increasingly uncertain future.
To be sure, the Social Democrat-Green coalition, with the support of only 38% of MPs, was bound to be an uncertain exercise.
Given the uncertain future that it portends, Kim Jong-il’s passing might be the perfect moment.
As American protection and oversight of free trade have become increasingly uncertain, they have taken proactive measures to counter Chinese power on their own, not least by banding together.
The most important uncertain aspect of the new technologies is their diffusion capacity.
The damaged bilateral relationship has only made China’s desire for a “peaceful rise” more uncertain.
Nemeth saw his reforms failing and an uncertain future for himself.
More uncertain is what will happen to those Middle Eastern countries that lie between these two extremes.
Support for May’s deal from the opposition – 257 Labour MPs, 35 Scottish Nationalists, and a few others – is uncertain, at best.
The future is inherently uncertain, and therefore investor psychology is fickle.
The Alliance may be “up,” but its outlook remains uncertain.
It remains uncertain, of course, whether the regulators would actually take such steps.
The alternative is leaving hundreds of thousands of children on the streets, languishing in informal settlements with an uncertain future.
Slow and uncertain growth in Europe – a major trading partner for both the US and China – is creating headwinds for the US and China.
While the remedy may be to write down debt to revive demand, it is uncertain whether write-downs are politically feasible or the resulting demand sustainable.
But they know that, while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
Of course, whether America can implement the available solutions is uncertain; several commissions have proposed feasible plans to change America’s debt trajectory by raising taxes and cutting expenditures, but feasibility is no guarantee that they will be adopted.
For its part, the US is in an uncertain position now that rebel factions have regrouped and its direct cooperation with Russia is on hold.
When the investment environment is considered uncertain, as is the case in most developing countries, investors demand a risk premium on virtually any project, even those with potentially high rates of return.
Nonetheless, they are slowing down capital spending and consumption, given the option value of waiting during uncertain times.
But Bitcoin’s success, which remains highly uncertain, ultimately depends on it attaining sufficient stability to perform the most essential function of any currency (as opposed to a speculative commodity) – that of providing a relatively predictable medium of exchange.
In fact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economy strategy – so-called “Abenomics” – has enabled Japan to stay on a reasonably positive path in highly uncertain times, with the economy showing signs of steady recovery from its decades of stagnation.
This is particularly important in view of the uncertain fate of the EU’s deal with Turkey to curb refugee inflows, which is looking increasingly precarious in the wake of last month’s failed coup.
Finally, he must make clear to the Security Council, in no uncertain terms, that its inaction or complacency is inconsistent with the UN Charter and constitutes a crime of omission.
The Dollar Wars ReturnFaced by uncertain re-election prospects, and worried about job losses, US President George W. Bush has begun to blame other countries, sending his Treasury Secretary to demand that they raise their exchange rates in order to make foreign goods more expensive for American consumers.
To be sure, starting a new market is always an uncertain proposition: people want to go to parties only if a lot of other people are there; if no one is there, no one wants to come.
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