Word: asia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...summit sponsored by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) sketched out a lengthy list: more Atlantic Ocean hurricanes. Colder winters across Canada. Wetter winters in the Pacific Northwest. Warmer, dryer winters in the Southern U.S. More wildfires in Florida. Lower wheat yields in Argentina. Torrential rains in Southeast Asia...
Attendees slept in small shingled cottages andjoined together for a New England style clam bakeon Saturday night, said Robin Radin, associatedirector for Asia in the Program for InternationalFinancial Systems...
...citizenry that no matter how good things look, the inflationary barbarians are never far from the gate. "The potential for accelerating inflation is probably greater than the risk of protracted, excessive weakness in the economy," Greenspan told the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday -- despite the ongoing trouble in Asia and economists' reports of a resulting slowdown in the U.S. economy over the past few months...
...admits that the economy is on autopilot -- which it is right now -- the Fed loses its relevance." Usually such vocal vigilance from the Fed chairman portends a hike in interest rates. But Baumohl says Greenspan still hopes that a "soft landing" -- in which the U.S. economy, dulled by Asia's recession, "sort of taps its brakes and cools off on its own" -- will allow him to do nothing at all. Greenspan just can't say that...
...minister will be selected by the leaders of the LDP's numerous factions, using their own private power-and-favor calculus. Meanwhile, voters are displaying little willingness to endure the tough measures -- such as pulling the props from under inefficient industries -- that economists believe are required to rev up Asia's engine again. And with Japan's whole political system stacked against radical change, it may take an extraordinary leader to make the necessary hard choices -- someone the smoky back room isn't designed to produce...