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...serious deflation makes an economic downturn much worse by making it much harder for debtors to pay back loans. That's probably the right stance right now. When banks and consumers are both trying to cut back on their debts on a mass scale, deflation really is the big threat...
...threat to her rule, the cry of "nanny state" may be more potent than the weakened state of the country's $NZ150 billion economy. Its slide predates the global financial meltdown, with Treasury announcing back on Aug. 5 that the country was in recession. It was around this time that inflation hit an 18-year high and petrol passed the $NZ2-a-litre barrier. Like all shrewd incumbents, Clark has tried to turn bad news to her advantage: "I have the experience, the judgment and the skill set which can carry our country through what is the worst international financial...
...forget the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or the rise of China, the bluster of boom-and-bust Russia, the murky threat of Iran and the accelerating decay of Pakistan. Between the economic crisis at home and the geopolitical cauldron abroad, the new President's agenda will be largely predetermined. He might wish he could shrug off this dismal inheritance and devote himself to the shiny projects cataloged on his campaign website - but that's beyond his power...
...focusing most of his firepower on two primary targets: Obama's readiness to be a world leader ("I've been tested," McCain now says, referring to Obama running mate Joe Biden's own recent clumsy comments about the Democrat facing an international test once in office) and the threat of higher taxes and out-of-control government spending (where Joe the Plumber references keep coming up). Just in case neither of those are particularly persuasive, McCain is also making the argument that the country needs a Republican in the White House to check the ambitions of the almost-sure...
...than military considerations dictated the timing of the raid, since the Republicans could be expected to benefit from any renewed concerns over terrorism. "This is all related to the elections in the U.S. The timing is so close," contends Sami Moubayed, a Syrian political analyst. "Bringing out the 'terrorist threat,' magnifying it, projecting it as a monster that needs to be dealt with on the spot ... serves nobody but John McCain." A parting shot from the Administration of President George W. Bush, or the beginning of a new military policy in the region? Syria - and the rest of the world...