Word: clears
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...potentially dangerous step. No one knows exactly how a withdrawal will affect the tentative global economic recovery - just as it is not clear, even now, whether interest-rate cuts and huge stimulus spending in the U.S. and elsewhere are resulting in sustainable economic growth. The world is in uncharted territory. Policymakers are acting on the fly, without much in the way of historical precedence to guide them...
...quite knows where the world will end up in this new roundelay of policy decisions and feedback loops. What is clear is that there needs to be some measure of coordination among central bankers and policymakers as they exit stimulus measures and tighten monetary policy. It is fortunate that the planet now has forums such as the G-20 and reinvigorated multilateral institutions like the IMF to help in this regard...
...substantial amount of money to the E.U. each year, an organization that cannot, will not or dare not, tell us how it is all spent. Elliott makes the point that the U.S. wants Britain to be central to European policy; that's all very well, but it is increasingly clear that this is not what the people of Britain want. If Britain is a democracy then the will of her people alone should ultimately decide the outcome. C.S. Lewis, DERBY, ENGLAND...
...crisp, no-nonsense observations in Peter Galbraith's article are testimony to the clear-minded and progressive views of his highly regarded father, Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith. The world needs many more like them. S.R.A. Das, Kannur, India...
...What we've primarily been slowed by is just not having the clear sense of where those populations are centered in the country and where socially and otherwise we can most effectively reach them," Warren Buckingham, Kenya coordinator for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, tells TIME...