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In this case, the condition is slow economic growth, also known as secular stagnation, caused by depressed investment, which in turn reflects financial problems and policy uncertainty.
It is of course tricky to establish the level of government spending that is consistent with intergenerational equity, owing to uncertainty about oil reserves, future oil prices, and investment returns.
It is not subject to Heisenberg's famed uncertainty principle.
The 2008 global financial crisis compounded uncertainty and mistrust, disrupting key trends like globalization.
The huge trade deficit provides the spectacle of the world's richest country borrowing almost two billion dollars a day from abroad, contributing to the weak dollar and representing a major source of global uncertainty.
While the US presence in the region has so far prevented its numerous conflicts and rivalries from intensifying, sources of uncertainty are multiplying.
But the amount of uncertainty over the effects posed by Ireland’s budget is enormous and the macroeconomic dimensions minuscule: the reduction in Ireland’s budget surplus is only of .4% of GDP.
Uncertainty over the resolution of the debt is likely to provoke political instability over tax hikes and spending cuts, and therefore volatility in financial markets.
In statistics and the theory of decision-making under uncertainty, errors are inevitable.
In business and investing, choices under conditions of uncertainty are made all the time, and mistakes are routine.
Disagreement among and between heads of state and the ECB over the Bank’s purchases of distressed sovereign debt have only added to the uncertainty.
Likewise, domestic policy stalemates and political uncertainty acted as a significant drag on the US recovery from the Great Recession.
By the end of the trip, what had emerged was a complex picture of Chinese assertiveness and uncertainty, poise and anxiety.
China’s recent emergence as a key international player (albeit a reluctant one) has exposed its leaders’ uncertainty about the country’s future global role, as well as raising questions about their readiness to bear the responsibilities that its stature implies.
Despite continuing uncertainty surrounding China’s coming political transition, it is expected that pragmatism – the common thread among its leaders after Mao – will carry over to the new ruling cohort.
Rarely have I witnessed such failure by policymakers to provide a clear vision of their medium-term economic vision – a failure that has added to the general and unsettling sense of uncertainty.
It is this uncertainty that has driven the fact-checkers to rate Clinton’s statements as half-true.
Doing so is especially necessary in an era of crisis and uncertainty.
America’s ambiguous role in Asian security – owing to its interest in supporting its regional allies while not antagonizing China – contributes to the uncertainty.
The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine – and, more recently, the suspension of commercial flights to Tel Aviv – adds a new dimension of uncertainty.
While there is still some uncertainty as to the best assessment approach, we recommend that clinicians use a standardized, validated method.
While there is more than the usual degree of uncertainty regarding the magnitude of America’s output gap since the financial crisis, there is comparatively less ambiguity now that domestic inflation is subdued.
Third, political uncertainty fell sharply, as the Labour government, widely blamed for the 1931 crisis, was replaced by a Conservative-dominated cabinet with broad popular support.
Political uncertainty is high, and there is no prospect of a general election to resolve it anytime soon.
Meanwhile, British leaders must resolve the lingering political and policy uncertainty.
But rising uncertainty over America’s reliability – together with the departure of the UK, which has long opposed European defense, from the European Union – has already spurred Germany to acknowledge the need for progress.
Today’s uncertainty concerns whether this preference may be overridden by pressing considerations of national politics, or resentment at the slow pace of reform in certain eurozone countries.
It is this uncertainty that hovers over the future of France, if not that of Europe.
Uncertainty about whether the Obama administration can marshal enough votes in Congress to ratify the TPP has now been compounded by proposed legislation that would impose tariff duties on countries that engage in “currency manipulation.”
Yet considerable uncertainty remains about the magnitude of the impact of rising levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases on temperatures and climate.
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