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...economists and analysts worry that the dearth of consumer confidence, despite a low unemployment rate of about 4%, could weigh heavily in the long run. "A negative view of the world is more ingrained here," says Schuster. "People are more prepared to think that this downturn will last." Shirakawa says the mind-set of the Japanese public, which he calls structural pessimism, is, "Oh, it's a recession again" - a sentiment learned from the trials and tribulations faced during the Lost Decade. There is no easy solution to this endemic lack of confidence, he says; it requires different policy solutions...
...increased, unlike in the U.S. and European countries," says Hiromichi Shirakawa, chief economist at Credit Suisse Japan. "The economy is less vulnerable." Nevertheless, he says, Japan is not an island: nothing points to an economic recovery in Japan unless the global economy picks up. According to Andreas Schuster, head of research at CLSA, a private-equity firm based in Hong Kong, "It won't be pretty, but it will be less tough than in the Western economies." (See pictures of the global economic crisis...
...serves both at City Hall and in the State House—or champion left-leaning clauses, like Henrietta J. Davis, who frequently proposes wind and solar energy alternatives. Indeed, the only elected official in Cambridge who is not a member of the Democratic Party is Luc D. Schuster, the one School Committee member who belongs to the Green Party...
...Andreas Schuster, head of research at CLSA, says smaller property developers are most at risk and might face severe losses in the coming months. A lack of financing means it's nearly impossible for them to find the cash to continue operations. Japan has not yet seen "the colossal collapse you could expect if you look at the oversupply that is built into the system," he adds. But Schuster says falling property prices will result in big losses for developers large and small...
...said. “How would we feel if this policy was applied to us, and do we think it’s an appropriate policy?” Others pointed to “zero-tolerance” disciplinary actions as being problematic. Committee member Luc Schuster questioned whether it was appropriate for a student who committed one infraction to receive a five day suspension, a possibility that the current policy allows. “We want to make sure our intervention strategies are effective,” he said. But Joseph G. Grassi, another committee member, said...