As an economic, not a political, tsar, Mr Takenaka will have to be a lot shrewder than he has been so far.
And I am optimistic that we can start next year seeing credit flowing a little more effectively than it has been so far.
The risk is that a flattening of house prices in America could prove much more painful it has been so far in Britain or Australia.
The BBC has been so far unable to contact Mr Canvin.
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But that means that the EP needs to be more vigorous, more ambitious than it has been so far in driving the reform of the EU as a whole, which is desperately needed.
As bad as the mortgage crisis has been so far, a collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be much worse, and the government's main goal right now is to prevent that from happening.
Any justice that has been dispensed so far in Cambodia has been very rough.
The research has been promising so far, and has increased the number of functional liver cells the team has been able to maintain in artificial tissues.
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Part of the problem is that so little has been done so far.
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The group says the regulation of omega-3s that has been adopted so far has no foundation in science, will legalise the deception of consumers and will make public health worse.
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"I think that Catherine has been faultless so far and I think the whole world has seen that, " says Major.
That means a far more coordinated and consistent approach to structural reforms than has been seen so far.
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India's monsoon has been deficient so far, but more rains are expected from next week, farm minister Sharad Pawar has said.
Nearly a quarter has been installed so far, passing 5, 000 buildings as well as 50, 000 homes.
Progress on greater market access for the least developed countries has been disappointing so far.
Mainly, that has been because so far there have been no really big controversies.
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Police are investigating the allegations, but no formal complaint has been made so far.
But coming after years of relative harmony, the response has been reasonable so far.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden has been overshadowed so far by his Republican rivals.
Iron ore has been recovering so far this year but remains well off its highs.
Only one has been arrested so far and police said they were looking for the second man.
Several health groups have called for the move, but it has been resisted so far by the government.
Asked about North Korea, Obama said his administration has been successful so far in ratcheting up international diplomatic pressure.
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That the ECB has been pushed so far is because seemingly small financial tremors can quickly turn into earthquakes.
That technique has been used so far to identify a dozen nomad planets.
But it has been ignored so far by the Assad government in Damascus.
Mr Buzek has been saved so far by the dissidents' reluctance to let the hated ex-communists back into power.
He's been strengthening it and he was in that brace for a while but everything has been encouraging so far.
That is what Iraq's experiment with democracy has been like so far.
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