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Only More Europe Can Beat Europe’s NationalistsBRUSSELS – British voters’ choice to leave the European Union is unfortunate, but unsurprising.
It was perhaps unfortunate that this document was published a week before the recent European elections.
The term also shows an unfortunate need to have an unified or at any rate uniquely labeled ideology.
Although Islamic fundamentalism has support in certain quarters, most Asians believe that it is containable through dialogue, despite the radicalizing effects on the fringe of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other unfortunate US foreign-policy decisions in the region.
At worst, it set an unfortunate precedent that could encourage other big emerging economies, such as India or Russia, to demand the same treatment for their currencies, regardless of whether they meet the IMF’s criteria.
A similar unfortunate cycle – large fiscal deficits when the economy is already expanding, followed by fiscal contraction in response to a recession – has also been visible in the UK and the eurozone in recent years.
The timing of the April 2014 consumption-tax hike (from 5% to 8%) was also unfortunate.
We are unfortunate that we lost him after only a thousand days.
It would be unfortunate if the Fed’s opposition to change prevented a debate on whether, ten years on, every one of the changes made – often in a tearing hurry – make sense, both individually and collectively.
Good Trade Intentions Gone BadWASHINGTON, DC – The debate in the United States about trade has taken an unfortunate turn.
This is an unfortunate and regrettable outcome for both the IMF and the international community as a whole.
This breakdown is not just an unfortunate side effect of the crisis;Syrian medical facilities have come under direct, seemingly deliberate attack.
Though all three outcomes are undoubtedly desirable, the unfortunate reality is that they are far from certain – and bets on them without some hedging could prove exceedingly risky for current and future generations.
But it is an unfortunate mathematical fact that not everyone can gain market share.
An unfortunate analogy used in the Iraq affair poses America as the chef and others, notably Europe, as the cleanup staff.
Indeed, what we are seeing is not an unfortunate over-reaction to recent events, but a result of meticulous preparation.
Gates, however, is due to step down from his post shortly, which is unfortunate, because the Obama administration’s apparent lack of any explicit Asia strategy means that Gates’s reassurances might not reassure for very long.
The lessons of this unfortunate incident seem to me to be clear: We should all acknowledge that in the modern world it is increasingly necessary for all sensible people to work for mutual respect, tolerance and better understanding.
This is an unfortunate limitation of the ECB’s design by a group of nation states that have not yet decided whether they prefer greater unity or greater devolution.
But, if not handled carefully, the pursuit of significant social goals can have unfortunate economic and financial consequences, sometimes even leading to systemic disruptions that undermine more than just the goals themselves.
First widely dismissed as an unfortunate policy pivot, more people now are beginning to wonder whether the new US approach – provided it’s not used repeatedly – could in fact serve as a beneficial disruption that helps reset international trade relationships and place them on a firmer footing.
What initially was viewed as an unfortunate US shift to protectionism may in fact have opened a window to improve the functioning of the global economy and world trade.
Notwithstanding both countries’ objectionable mercantilism, Japan and China had something else in common: They became victims of America’s unfortunate habit of making others the scapegoat for its own economic problems.
This is unfortunate, because global inequality is reaching intolerable levels.
Far from involving a few unfortunate countries on the margins, today’s sovereign-debt distress poses a potentially systemic risk.
This predisposition is most unfortunate: the history of which Graham reminds us should not be forgotten, especially when it is repeating itself.
This is unfortunate, to say the least, because controlling the accumulation of debt is one of the most important things that a government can do to prevent crises.
At the risk of setting an unfortunate precedent by allowing Trump’s numerous other abuses of power to go unpunished, Pelosi has narrowed the impeachment inquiry to presidential activity for which there is adequate proof, and that she and her Democratic allies think the American public can easily understand.
While Brexit may well prove an unfortunate idea for many inhabitants of the United Kingdom, the likely impact is lower British growth, not a significant disruption of regional, let alone global, trade.
It will be unfortunate if it changes course now.
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