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If handled correctly, the refugees could become a badly needed source of dynamism for
weak
economies and a solution to the problem of population aging.
For the moment, China’s military is relatively
weak
and would likely lose a conventional war with the US; but this situation is rapidly evolving, and China may soon have its own aircraft carriers and other more advanced military capabilities.
In work with Vincent Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff examining a sample of advanced economies since the Napoleonic War, we found that periods of high debt were paired with long periods of
weak
economic growth.
As the economic historian Alexander Field has shown, many firms took the “down time” created by
weak
demand for their products to reorganize their operations.
Indeed, the problem has now grown larger, because the current approach has led
weak
banks to take over even weaker banks.
Larry Summers recently argued that in a dynamic context, the evidence for elasticity of substitution greater than one is
weak
if one measures the return net of depreciation, because depreciation increases proportionately with the growth of the capital stock.
Central banks must be as “activist” when combating deflation caused by
weak
demand as they are when fighting high inflation driven by excessively strong demand.
Importers prefer a strong exchange rate; exporters prefer a
weak
one.
Alan Greenspan might achieve this result simply by muttering that the Euro is too weak, but he rightly saves his words for more important issues.
But it is worth remembering that a
weak
euro is not all pain; it makes European businesses highly competitive.
If PiS’s populist slogans become policy, government spending is likely to expand, which will exacerbate Poland’s already
weak
fiscal position and consequently trigger inflationary expectations.
Moreover, Africa’s
weak
states offer the least resistance as a substitute for traditional cocaine smuggling routes in Central America and the Caribbean, which are being blocked.
This is a function of a particularly virulent strain of cholera and underlying issues: a
weak
national health system, poor sanitary conditions, and a lack of clean water and other basic services.
Even if motivated by a conscious strategy to undermine the domains of the left’s cultural power, it has needlessly courted controversy by appointing people with
weak
credentials.
African countries are at particular risk: Jihadist groups have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to exploit disorder and
weak
state structures.
With 20-20 hindsight, it is clear that in 1997-98,
weak
bank regulation and corporate governance aggravated the depth of the economic contraction that followed the “sudden stop” of capital flows.
This is the case for countries with both relatively
weak
and strong fundamentals.
The analytical case for this belief is strong, but the empirical evidence is
weak.
The irrational exuberance that drove a three-month bear-market rally in the spring is now giving way to a sober realization among investors that the global recession will not be over until year end, that the recovery will be
weak
and well below trend, and that the risks of a double-dip W-shaped recession are rising.
In fact, actual evidence of any such British bias in favor of foreign over domestic investment is
weak.
Indeed, Yemen is now a bubbling cauldron of jihadis who have flocked there because it, like Afghanistan and Pakistan, has weak, easily manipulated state institutions.
Today, Pakistan is a
weak
state; tomorrow, it could become a failed one.
The legitimacy of Kim Jong-un’s claim to power is weak, despite his blood tie to his father and grandfather, the dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its inception.
It would be a fiscal stimulus only if taxpayers had previously expected that Congress and the administration would allow the tax rates to rise – an unlikely prospect, given the highly adverse effects that doing so would have had on the currently
weak
economy.
Angela Merkel’s Vision ThingCAMBRIDGE – As Europe struggles to save the euro, the chorus of complaints about
weak
leadership in the world’s major economies grows louder.
The attacks were an operation that must have required months of planning: serious weapons were deployed, a small army was mobilized, targets were studied, transport was organized, and
weak
points identified.
For US diplomats, however, the danger is not a Europe that becomes too strong, but one that is too
weak.
Of course, the inspiration for almost every political reform movement in China is the May 4th Movement of 1919, when Chinese students protested against a
weak
and corrupt government and called for China to strengthen itself by adopting two key Western ideals: democracy and science.
In the most egregious cases, some have fallen victim to bad politics,
weak
governance, or mismanagement.
STANFORD – US President Donald Trump claims credit for “the greatest ever” economy, and constantly contrasts economic conditions today with the historically
weak
recovery under President Barack Obama.
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