The end goal is faster growth in living standards, built on higher productivity, higher exports, and higher investment.
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The problem is that faster growth is needed to help the 38.5% of Argentines who still live in poverty in a once-rich country.
Second, although it is possible that faster productivity growth is allowing the economy to grow safely at a faster pace, the fall in unemployment, to a 30-year low of 4.2%, suggests that the productivity gains have not been large enough for that.
The only chance of success, in my opinion, is faster economic growth than we have allowed ourselves to hope for recently.
The main route to greater competitiveness in Europe's periphery is faster productivity growth, but shifts in relative costs will also play a role.
The way out of poverty is faster agricultural growth, which would raise farmers' incomes and increase demand for locally produced goods and services, drawing labour away from farming.
But they also know that Brazil must increase its exports, if it is to achieve faster growth and reassure investors that its foreign debt is manageable.
If Europe is to enjoy faster economic growth, it is as likely to stem from old virtues as from a new economy.
Unemployment, at 4.5%, is at its lowest in over 30 years, inflation is below the euro-area average and growth is faster.
This decline is attributed to faster growth in revenues which offset rising content acquisition costs.
Lula is counting on faster growth and fading interest in the scandals to reverse the trend.
"Europe continues to become a smaller piece of the overall pie, " said Walsh, who is focusing on faster growth markets, such as Latin America, Africa and Asia.
History reveals that the only way revenues will find their way back to the historic 18% benchmark is through faster economic growth. (The economy grew a dismal 0.04% and 1.3% in the first and second quarters respectively.) Any effort to generate higher revenues artificially by raising tax rates will merely depress economic growth further and prolong below-par Treasury receipts.
This is especially true since faster growth reduces pressure for federal spending.
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The market for humdrum corporate servers supporting run-of-the-mill business applications is shrinking, in effect, since the price of the things is falling faster than the growth in volume being shipped.
Though there is growth in underlying GDP around the world, the growth of financial assets is much faster.
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The forecast is within the 6.1%-6.7% growth range predicted by the government in its budget presented late February and is faster than the estimate of 5% growth in the just-ended fiscal year.
One benefit of faster productivity growth is also likely to be temporary, for quite another reason.
In other ways too, the platform for faster productivity growth is already in place.
While addressing these issues, it is important to recognize that there is no substitute for faster economic growth.
This, it is generally agreed by economists, is a recipe for faster economic growth, and over the past two decades continental Europe has followed suit.
It is unlikely that the doubling of American share prices over the past three years is fully justified by faster productivity growth and hence higher future profits.
The best way to narrow the deficit is by increasing exports at a faster pace than a growth in imports, but export growth is dependent on foreign economies and takes time, Mr. Rajan said.
The rapid growth in this area is likely to continue and faster networks like 4G will support continued growth.
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No economy is decelerating at a faster pace (growth in 2007 was a spectacular 13% and fell every quarter last year).
Yet, corporate profits tend to grow faster when economic growth is higher.
And getting more of them to take jobs, argues Mr Borg, is the key not only to faster growth but also to keeping inequality low.
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