Word: trading
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...balance its destabilizing impact. The new globality means a tremendous emphasis on speed, flexibility, versatility and permanent change--in some respects, insecurity. But, in most societies, the level of civilization is a function of the degree of security and predictability governments can provide for their citizens. Managing the trade-off between the unpredictability associated with flexibility and the desire for security will increasingly present a challenge...
Anxiety stems from the fact that the current prosperity of the core economies, especially the U.S., rests on foundations that are being undermined, in particular by the ballooning U.S. trade deficit. If these problems aren't solved--and the board offered no easy fixes--the world economy could be thrown into recession as early...
...most worrisome problem is the trade deficit, now running in excess of $150 billion annually. The humming U.S. economy is sucking in imports, while struggling economies in Asia and Latin America have cut their purchases of American goods and services. The result is a current account deficit--the measure of net dollars owed to other countries--of some $226 billion in 1998. Courtis says if the U.S. runs a current account deficit of 2.5% of GDP--lower than his 1999 estimate--for the next four years, "the U.S. net external debt in 2003 will be over $2 trillion, which...
Other panelists voiced doubts about Europe's prospects. Courtis argued that high taxes and overregulation are hobbling growth and locking in high unemployment (currently 10% to 12%). Courtis and Hormats also wondered if Europe was doing enough to import from emerging economies and the U.S., especially since the American trade imbalance is so dangerous...
...Hillel has made another trade withHarvard. Under this new deal, the Hillel gives upits remaining rights to lease 74 Mt. Auburn forthe right to build Rosovsky Hall on the plot ofland on the corner of Mt. Auburn and Plymptonbehind the Fly Club...