We are in a very precarious situation with global instability and very real threats that exist.
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Such mistrust can be a self-fulfilling prophecy and a source of global instability.
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It is tempting to look at other phenomena of global instability and to imagine that extreme changes come quicker now.
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Continued global instability, increased volatility, and the European sovereign debt crisis.
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In May last year, the UK's FTSE 100 lost more than 9% as concerns about high oil prices and political global instability combined to impact on world markets.
"It's clear revenues from resource rent taxes have taken a massive hit from the impact of continued global instability, commodity price volatility and a high dollar, " Mr Swan said.
Now that it's out, the money-printing genie cannot be put back in the bottle even if the result may be to consign economies to further years of stagnation, rising debt burdens, fewer opportunities for young people and ultimately the risk of rising inflation and global currency instability.
Add to this scenario the complications associated with political instability and global warming, and the stakes grow even higher.
This is particularly important in intra- and inter-governmental negotiations because even a hint of bad faith can cause backlash from your bargaining partners and instability in global economic markets.
"The recovery of the global economy is facing growing uncertainty and instability, " the Bank added in its statement.
The reasons are obvious: to combat the super-high yen, to counteract 3.11 disaster-related contraction, to respond to global, particularly European, financial market instability.
The international energy market of the twenty-first century is witnessing an unprecedented period of turmoil and instability, an indication of an indisputable global power shift that holds serious, long-term implications for U.S. national security interests throughout the world.
Global climate change is likely to trigger humanitarian disasters and political instability that will have a major impact on U.S. national security, a top intelligence official told Congress on Wednesday.
Such a program would lead to widespread inflation, more hunger and political instability in poor countries around the world, and slower global economic growth.
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In August and September, MF Global shares tumbled more than 40% as concerns about Europe's financial instability hammered financial stocks.
"Instability in Venezuela is the real risk, because that could have a dramatic impact on global oil supplies, " said Mark Jones, a Venezuela expert at Rice University.
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