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Japan’s government has decided to expand a re-entry ban for North Korean officials, and
widen
the scope of its asset-freeze program for entities and individuals connected to the country’s nuclear and missile development.
As a consequence, raising nominal interest rates would translate into real interest-rate increases that would
widen
differentials with advanced economies, thereby attracting even more short-term capital.
Third, Lebanon should establish an independent energy regulator, by making the Lebanese Petroleum Administration independent from the Ministry of Energy and Water and
widen
its mandate to manage Lebanon’s natural resources.
Over the last 30 years, the prevailing IP regime has erected more barriers to the use of knowledge, often causing the gap between the social returns to innovation and the private returns to
widen.
To be sure, this would be painful because, as the EU bureaucracies gain more authority, the EU’s democratic deficit will
widen
without clearly defined fundamental rights.
Divergences will continue to widen, and weaker countries will continue to weaken indefinitely.
Sadly, the cracks exposed over the last few months appear likely only to widen, as political conflict and competition among the world’s key powers increase.
The US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the landmark legislation now widely known as “Obamacare”) aims to
widen
coverage, while so-called accountable care organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente, try to contain costs by aligning the interests of providers and payers.
Absent such confidence, Iraq’s oil output will not approach its potential, which will only
widen
the gap between global supply and demand.
The fall in taxes and the rise in spending do
widen
the budget deficit, but in a healthy and useful way.
They believe that the PBOC is about to
widen
the currency’s trading band.
Mexico's own skillful success at rebuilding OPEC (boosting the value of its oil exports) contributed to good performance as did the determination to hang on to and even
widen
the reforms of Mr. Zedilla's predecessor, President Salinas.
And the bond markets will be much more nervous, meaning higher interest payments, which will
widen
the deficit further.
But instead of preparing for the accession of others to follow them, the prevailing view among Nato governments, not least in the United States, is now to
widen
the ditch in front of the entrance door, not to fill it.
But implementing the eight policy proposals would also
widen
further the wealth gap between the US and Europe, which has been growing for the last three decades.
On the contrary, spending cuts will hurt their most vulnerable citizens,
widen
the gap between rich and poor, and contribute to social and political instability.
To that end, Republicans in the US Congress have just unveiled a bill that, if enacted, could vastly
widen
the deficit and increase the public debt by as much as $4 trillion over the next decade.
The subsequent economic slowdown caused the income gap to
widen.
Both foreign-currency and credit spreads
widen
for emerging-market currencies, making trade expensive.
Simply put, the Republicans’ tax law – which emphasizes big cuts, especially for corporations and the highest-income earners – is virtually certain to
widen
the budget deficit and, in turn, increase the current-account deficit.
So, whichever approach one takes, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the Republican tax cut will
widen
the trade and current-account deficits, achieving the opposite of what Trump has promised.
Second, the growth differential between emerging and advanced countries will widen, which will in turn intensify flows of capital and skilled labor towards the developing world.
That gap is likely to
widen
as Europe’s demographic profile darkens, and if productivity continues to grow more slowly than elsewhere in the industrial economies.
At the same time, the diplomatic divide between Russia and the West continues to
widen.
And the vast investment plan, by offering projects for Tunisia’s elite, might actually
widen
the gulf between insiders and outsiders – thus worsening oppression.
Because risks have morphed – and migrated out of the banking system – regulators and supervisors will have to step up their efforts and
widen
their focus to see beyond the banks.
The CBO recently estimated that the HTF gap will
widen
to $172 billion over the next decade.
If rich countries don't pay heed to such structural issues, we will find that the gaps between the world's winners and losers will continue to
widen.
But, as investment now rises relative to saving, there is a danger that the US current-account deficit, which fell from 6% of GDP in 2006 to barely 2.5% of GDP last year, will
widen
again.
Individual member states’ capacity to protect their banks came into question, and the interest-rate spread between different governments’ bonds began to
widen
alarmingly.
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