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US businesses could not, in aggregate, find extra low-wage workers to replace Chinese imports, and even the few US businesses motivated by tariffs to undercut Chinese imports would need to raise wages and build new factories, adding to the
upward
pressure on inflation and interest rates.
Some have argued instead that gold’s long
upward
march has been partly driven by the development of new financial instruments that make it easier to trade and speculate in gold.
On this reading, the expansion of America’s health-care programs has kept the properly measured material wellbeing of its poor on an
upward
path since 1979 at a rate not much less than that of real per capita GDP.
The Fed’s projected increase in the federal funds rate will put
upward
pressure on the ten-year interest rate.
In the other direction lies a steep
upward
path to Europe’s integration and reemergence as a global power – the course, optimists say, that the continent will take as it wakes up and recognizes that it must have the capacity to weather the harshest storms.
The main deviation has been the past two years of record-high food prices, caused not by climate change but by the policies designed to combat it: the dash for ethanol, which put food into cars and thus
upward
pressure on food prices.
Moreover, a large inflow of funds from the IMF, China, or elsewhere could do more harm than good to the extent that it puts
upward
pressure on the euro’s exchange rate – and thus makes recovery in the crisis countries even more difficult.
These countries can, of course, resist
upward
pressure on their currencies by accumulating foreign-exchange reserves, like they did before the global financial crisis.
What if the evolution of European consciousness proceeds not by an
upward
transfer of attachment to supranational institutions, but by a devolution of loyalties, and a revival of smaller, more meaningful, communities?
Ultimately, though, they face the same
upward
cost pressures.
And the aggregate foreign-exchange reserves held by emerging countries declined for the first time since 1994, when they began the steep
upward
climb that has been a defining feature of the global economy during the last two decades.
Fortunately, Santos understands that education and literacy are prerequisites for
upward
economic mobility.
Lower interest rates caused all business cycle indicators--production, sales, employment, and the unemployment rate--to turn
upward.
The current round of monetary easing underway in many advanced countries, together with strong expectations of renminbi appreciation, are also fueling currency speculation, placing further
upward
pressure on the exchange rate.
The renminbi ended its
upward
trend against the US dollar on May 6, closing at 6.1667, down 112 basis points from the previous trading day – the steepest decline since last December.
This suggests that the measures will succeed in stemming
upward
pressure on the renminbi.
Youth Without WorkROME – Among the many devastating effects of the current global financial crisis, one of the most pernicious in the developed world is the
upward
trajectory of the unemployment rate for youth, which rose by six percentage points in the OECD area from 2007 to 2009, with Spain experiencing an alarming 42% youth unemployment rate in 2010.
The South Korean won has experienced the largest slide, with a loss of 3% from the start of the year to the beginning of February (though this comes in the wake of a protracted
upward
trend).
While these factors undoubtedly placed
upward
pressure on food prices, they alone cannot explain the steep hikes.
The resulting capital inflows, if persistent, would generate
upward
pressure on the currency, forcing the central bank, in a bid to maintain exchange-rate stability, to intervene by selling domestic currency, especially for US dollars, until interest rates and the money supply have returned to their original levels.
It should be noted that China has been able to circumvent the Mundell-Fleming model only when the renminbi is subject to
upward
pressure.
Interest rates on government bonds were racing
upward.
While poverty has decreased slightly since 1994, inequality has vaulted upward, fueled by extreme unemployment, state incapacity, corruption, and affirmative-action policies skewed toward the upper reaches of the economy (not to mention the pernicious legacy of apartheid).
China is finally prepared to let the renminbi resume its slow but steady
upward
march.
According to this view, the coming to power of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Deng Xiaoping led to an enormous
upward
leap in human liberty and prosperity.
Certainly, China’s capital controls, though porous, increase the transaction costs of moving short-term capital to and from China, thereby reducing
upward
pressure on the renminbi’s exchange rate; in extreme circumstances, this could play a decisive role in China’s financial security.
And, with the business cycle’s shift onto an
upward
trajectory in late 2009, the world breathed a collective a sigh of relief.
Since that commentary was published, share prices accelerated upward, and some “irrational exuberance” did start to appear, leading to a sharp fall in early February.
SEATTLE – For the last quarter of the twentieth century, the average temperature at the surface of the earth edged inexorably
upward.
Given the low average coupon rate of asset-side long-term bonds, the
upward
shift of the yield curve will result in a loss for the BOJ (“negative seigniorage”), at least temporarily.
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