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On the tradable side, competitiveness depends not only on human capital, but also on a host of other factors: infrastructure, tax systems, regulatory efficiency, policy-induced uncertainty, and energy and health-care costs.
But now, with the Japanese experiencing a period of domestic political uncertainty, and North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches increasing their anxiety, will Japan reverse its long-standing decision not to seek a national nuclear-deterrent capability?
That is why the strategy of integration, plus a hedge against uncertainty, makes sense for both the US and Japan.
Further uncertainty regarding the future of variant CJD arises from the observation that the average age of the patients in the UK has not increased significantly over the past 10 years.
Still, China’s economy remains a source of significant uncertainty.
As a result, experts typically understate uncertainty.
And, to the extent that they acknowledge uncertainty, they tend to reduce unknowns to measurable “risk.”
Yet risk is just one – relatively tractable – aspect of uncertainty.
Where we face uncertainty, though, we are confident in our knowledge of possible outcomes, but not of their likelihood – owing either to difficulties in prediction or to lack of information.
And yet scientific advisers face strong temptations and pressures to treat every uncertainty as a risk.
Unfortunately, there are two further and even more problematic aspects of uncertainty.
Restoring confidence requires, first, that those describing themselves as “experts” embrace uncertainty.
Rather than pretending to be certain and risk frequently getting it wrong, commentators should be candid about uncertainty.
Yet conveying uncertainty increases the complexity of a message.
With growing political uncertainty and a slowing economy, Egypt is likely to witness decreasing government revenues, increasing demands for urgent spending, and rising interest rates on government borrowing.
It is better for the public to be exposed to this uncertainty than for it to be lulled into a false sense of security based on the appearance of certain knowledge.
As we saw a decade ago, financial institutions operating in an environment of uncertainty can become fragile and collapse, imposing high costs on society.
At a time when, despite economic growth in Asia, there is much social and income inequality, as well uncertainty about the durability of peace in the region, the desire to find fresh solutions to problems has given a powerful boost to women leaders.
And, when Iraq lurched through months of political uncertainty as a new government was formed in 2010, Vice President Joseph Biden was able to make an enormous contribution, owing to his six visits to the country during the preceding year.
But, to date, many factors, including poor profit projections and political uncertainty, have limited such financing for infrastructure projects on the continent.
The perpetual uncertainty over the agreement’s survival would have severely impaired businesses’ ability to plan ahead.
This approach could be one way to stabilize the region during this period of heightened uncertainty.
Aside from deep uncertainty regarding the course of events in Egypt and Libya, now Syria is on the verge of civil war, and radical forces may get the upper hand in Yemen, undermining security in Saudi Arabia.
Thailand’s stock market has fluctuated, and the country has entered a period of uncertainty.
Adding to the uncertainty after Bhumibol’s death, Thailand’s current military junta has said that the king’s heir, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, will not immediately assume the throne, because he needs time to mourn.
But, given the uncertainty implied by Bhumibol’s death, and the prospect of an unpopular crown prince eventually reigning, stability seems unlikely any time soon.
Trump’s disagreements with German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who declared after the G7 summit in May that the US can no longer be considered the “reliable partner” it once was – have also fueled deep uncertainty.
Another source of uncertainty is the last thing that Putin wants or that Russia’s economy needs.
European Universities’ Identity CrisisMADRID – Higher education in Europe today finds itself in a state of profound uncertainty.
But the large-scale destruction of financial assets because of underlying uncertainty about the extent of losses in the wake of the sub-prime crisis, and especially after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, shook that assumption.
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