Brazil's central challenge, Mr Eakin argues, is to build a political consensus which will maintain stability and economic growth, while addressing its terrible social and environmental problems.

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And fifth and finally, we are building an international consensus to support peace and stability in South Asia.

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When governments fought inflation with free-market reforms they both forged and reflected a societal consensus in favour of economic stability.

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Price increases are limited to circumstances based on the imposition of new Consensus Policy or extraordinary expenses related to security or stability threats, and now require Commerce Department prior approval.

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On one point, there is consensus: there will be no recovery without a degree of currency stability.

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He said, however, that if banks and other trading firms felt that opening would endanger lives, or that the stability of the market was uncertain due to routing of NYSE orders, Nasdaq would support a consensus to close.

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