But most seem to accept that Brazil will need to build a prosperous future the hard way: cutting current spending to invest more in public infrastructure (a lot more), and, finally getting to grips with some regulation and red tape that probably does more to hurt Brazil's competitiveness than the high exchange rate.
He steadily worked toward his goal of reforming the student financial system and played a valuable role in nearly every major federal student-aid program in our nation's history, from Pell Grants in 1972 to the Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grants for high-achieving low-income students in 2006.
The Mediterranean nations are locked in a currency that is too high and their economies are riddled with limited competitiveness.
Tinkering with its labor laws was not enough to restore competitiveness, so growth stayed slow and unemployment high.
The AMP is geared towards helping U.S. manufacturers reduce costs and speed ideas from the drawing board to the manufacturing floor, creating high quality jobs and increasing U.S. global competitiveness in manufacturing.
"Despite uncertainties in Europe and concerns over the U.S. fiscal cliff creating a difficult business environment, we did our best this quarter to achieve strong earnings based on a strategic focus on differentiated and high value-added products as well as our technological competitiveness, " said Robert Yi, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations.
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Every year, the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, the same group that holds the high-powered annual meeting in Davos, publishes a Global Competitiveness Report.
Essentially this means pushing here and there to boost the competitiveness of most established economies while encouraging consumer spending in high-savings emerging economies, especially China.
All peripheral countries have made significant progress toward regaining competitiveness in terms of unit labor costs, albeit at a high price in unemployment.
They must instill a high-performance mindset while creating a culture whose foundation promotes teamwork and competitiveness for the betterment of a healthier whole.
For those focused on improving the competitiveness of the U.S. entrepreneurial economy by fixing our high-skilled immigration system, this is a moment.
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Nearly half a century later, Paul Volcker in 1981-82 put the country into a deep recession with high interest rates to curb inflationary expectations that were out of hand and destroying our competitiveness.
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