Eerily like the US today, Japan sought to cure this problem with easy money.
We also like the US West media group, which is a combination of cable and wireless assets.
Developed countries like the US, Europe, and Japan will see their currencies decline.
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Basic products like ethylene are the sort of thing that a sophisticated economy like the US should have left behind.
Second, a strong rebound in the demand for the products these countries produce by developed economies like the US, Germany and France.
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"We don't have a strong movie industry like the US - for us it's TV, " explained the magazine's senior editor Lucia Barros.
Emerging economies are expected to grow two to three times faster than developed nations like the US, according to International Monetary Fund estimates.
Countries like the US or Israel, by contrast do, and can gear up their military effort greatly in time of war as a result.
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Some have large reserves of public stocks, like the US, Japan and Germany, which can be offered to the market through loans or sales.
In that sense, Italy is a little like the US - its sheer size gives it more wiggle room and raises the bar for failure.
Developed economies like the US, UK, and Spain might be put on a negative credit watch, but their ability to finance their debts remains strong.
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In democratic societies like the US, we have two business models.
The lesson though is that the norms Apple wants to apply in its traditional strongholds like the US are not going to hold in emerging markets.
But while the UK is debating by how much it will cut research funding, our competitor nations like the US and Germany are increasing their investment.
The figure of 2.3 million which puts it at second place in our list includes active forces only - not civilian staff, like the US figure.
In a market like the US, where the top two manufacturers can dominate shelf space in retail outlets, that could make a big difference to its overall sales.
Premium ice-cream brands are not averse to "tricks" to get consumers to pay more, like the US firm Haagen Dazs did when it started out in 1961, Ronnie Ballantyne says.
And many environmental groups see this as a major loophole which could allow countries like the US to carry on polluting as before while the forest-based projects they are paying for do little or nothing to counteract their emissions.
If they are wrong, if what Britain - and other advanced economies like the US - are suffering from is not a shortage of supply, but a prolonged and self-perpetuating shortage of demand, the whole story looks very different.
"The UK government is clearly trying to establish the country as a technological hub and that means partnering with the best in the world - and in places like the US and Israel the provision of technology is enormous".
But while partisan politics plays a role, the imbroglio over the Conservative Friends of Russia also reflects the deeper fact that in the UK, just like the US, the constituency in favor of better relations with Russia is small bordering on non-existent.
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Analysts expect that the company will continue to grow, although it commands more than 14% of the market in its home country of Spain, its market share is less than 1% in other large markets like the US and China, leaving room for future growth.
Through this deal, which combines recent premium quality series with all-time greats and guilty pleasures, LOVEFiLM members can now watch critically acclaimed comedies like the US version of The Office starring Steve Carrell and the multiple award-winning 30 Rock starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin.
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In Germany and France the richest are five to seven times better off, whereas in Russia the figure is 15 times, like in the US, he said.
Like the rest of us, the richest people on the planet have endured a financial disaster.
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And like the rest of the US population, black Americans are experiencing a widening gulf between a well-off minority and the poor bulk.
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