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Indeed, the eurozone’s current fiscal problems do not result from the lack of a large common budget, but from
weak
enforcement of the Pact.
Tunisia’s collapse came quickly, because its president lost his nerve and the army was
weak
and unwilling to stand by him.
Brazil’s current criticisms of Iran, along with a request for dialogue with the opposition,
weak
as they may be, represent a change of position, which reflects the absolute priority of Brazilian diplomacy: permanent membership of the Security Council.
But then stagflation--the combination of
weak
economic growth and inflation--set in, in the late 1970's.
Tepid growth reflects
weak
demand.
Households have cut their debt and rebuilt their balance sheets, but the large loss in household wealth,
weak
growth in wages and income, the concentration of most income gains at the top, and a decline in labor’s share of national income to record lows continue to constrain consumption.
And, in the third scenario, central governments are fundamentally weak, with markets – and the enterprises that dominate them – providing almost all services.
(Admittedly, the Spanish labor market reforms enacted earlier this year may start to lift employment and improve competitiveness and growth on the economy’s tradable side, which is constrained largely by low productivity, not
weak
demand.)
Personally, Blix is amiable and has a sense of humor; politically he is
weak
and easily fooled.
Gangs flourish because
weak
institutions fail to guarantee and respect the fundamental rights of children and young people.
But the fact that countries have continued to pursue trade liberalization, however gradually, at a time of
weak
economic growth, suggests that free trade is here to stay.
China knows that, under international law, its claim to sovereignty over virtually all of the resource-endowed South China Sea, based on an “historic right,” is weak; that is why it has opposed international adjudication.
Second, Latin America needs to overhaul its
weak
health and education systems.
It may be instructive to recall that in other protracted post-crisis episodes, including the Great Depression of the 1930s, economic recovery without resolution of the fundamental problems of excessive leverage and
weak
banks usually proved shallow and difficult to sustain.
But, with Japan’s political system mired in a protracted transition under a dysfunctional two-party regime, recent governments have been unstable and weak, unable to satisfy either side’s demands.
North Korea has amplified its power by playing its
weak
hand audaciously.
A strong dollar and a
weak
euro is certainly the most popular bet of 2015.
Europe’s global influence is feeble because of its internal quarrels and lack of unity, which render the European Union
weak
and limit its ability to act.
When US Commodore Matthew Perry blasted his way into Tokyo harbor in 1854, he found a weak, isolated, and technologically backward country.
Civil society is
weak.
The region’s trajectory is worrisome:
weak
states unable to police their territory; the few relatively strong states competing for primacy; militias and terrorist groups gaining greater influence; and the erasure of borders.
The third is less honorable, and likely to fail: it relies on the dangerously
weak
premise that the party in power’s political adversaries will be more public-spirited and less ruthless when they return to government.
But, with the exception of China, fiscal positions around the world are currently
weak.
On the microeconomic level, risks include, for example,
weak
banking sectors.
The case for a pan-European supervisor is widely accepted, especially as the European Banking Authority (the EU’s banking regulator) proved feeble in carrying out financial stress tests: the first tests were so
weak
that even Spain’s now-bankrupt savings banks could pass with flying colors.
The problem is not that the European Union and other multilateral institutions are too strong; it is that they are too
weak.
The US and the EU have few fiscal and monetary levers left to combat
weak
performance.
In a world of divided political sovereignty and diverse national preferences, the push for international harmonization is a recipe for
weak
and ineffective rules.
Job creation remains weak, and employment continues to diverge from growth.
The IT Boom Was a Myth Only in EuropeAmerica's economy remains on the brink of a double dip recession, the dollar is weak, and Wall Street seems unable to recover.
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