"Politicians are more than capable of separating the furore about Big Brother from long-term policy decisions, " he said.
That's why we called for the commission, because we've got to look at some tough, long-term policy objectives.
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Whatever the merits of the stability pact as a long-term policy tool, its short-term impact is now perverse.
They say that more clarity is needed over the government's long-term policy, particularly how it will achieve stringent C02 reduction targets.
The government is still working through its long-term policy on the issue.
Elsewhere in his speech, he said the "toughest challenge in politics is resolving the tension between the best long-term policy and the best short-term politics".
The authors say a long-term policy on incentives is essential.
And we will keep on being a victim to shifts in the oil market until we finally get serious about a long-term policy for a secure, affordable energy future.
It could facilitate investments in electric grid improvements that enable long-distance transmission of renewable energy, as well as provide consistent long-term policy on grid upgrades and electric vehicle charging that makes utility investments predictably worthwhile.
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In other words, the Fed gave a specific frame for its short-term interest rate policy, but not clear frame for its long-term rate policy not QE3 for the time being.
Advocates oftentimes admit that bailouts are not good policy, but they invariably argue that short-term considerations should trump long-term sensible policy.
Lord Birt became a strategic adviser in Downing Street's Forward Strategy Unit last year and is especially examining long-term transport policy.
Creating such an exchange would also help accomplish another long-term conservative policy goal: transforming health insurance from a responsibility for employers to a responsibility for individuals.
Yet it makes no sense to go for long-term tax policy with a lame-duck Congress, especially one more oppositional than the new one coming in January.
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Long-term, policy analysts say, coal's comeback will inevitably fall foul of EU environmental policy, which calls for a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels by 2020 and a growing role for solar, wind and biomass in electricity generation.
With long-term rates rising, despite a monetary policy which is keeping short-term rates at historic lows, the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, might find it hard to persuade home owners to do more of what it wants them to do (go shopping) were the economy to stumble.
"We will establish an energy mix with which people can feel safe in the long- and medium-term, based on our policy that we will not rely on nuclear power, " he said.
So, kickstarting the economy into long-term sustained growth with pro-growth tax policy, reduced government waste and other economic incentives will generate more revenue than will increasing capital gains taxes, which would discourage such economic growth.
But short-term political need, rather than long-term prosperity, is dictating Argentine policy.
I've been speaking to one respected economist and policymaker who thinks I've forgotten one big way that short-term decisions on UK fiscal and monetary policy could affect the UK's long-term economic health.
Robust, unbiased data are the first step toward addressing our long-term economic needs and key policy priorities.
The Reagan-Volcker plan got us out of the 1970s, no small feat, but it did not evolve into a long-term stable, successful monetary policy.
Conversely, it would also be a mistake to encourage, via policy and long-term subsidy, more costly technologies to crowd out natural gas in the short to medium term, as this could significantly increase the cost of CO2 reduction.
Last month's dismal unemployment numbers were a clarion call for American workers to remind the administration of President Obama to heed the call of candidate Obama, and in all facets make high-quality and balanced job growth the long-term emphasis of the economic revitalization policy.
So, there is at least one way in which short-term decisions on macroeconomic policy by the Bank of England and the chancellor could be important for the long-term as well.
For the past decade, Beijing has been shaping its foreign policy around securing long-term low-cost supplies of oil and other raw materials that it needs to sustain its economic development.
Against that backdrop, White House officials and some Republicans are arguing that the best way out of the impasse is to resume the search for a comprehensive deficit-cutting deal that gets to the core of the long-term problem through a rewrite of tax policy and a revamp of entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
The market is pegging 30-year inflation at a slightly higher 2.0 percent rate, which is the spread between long-term 30-year Treasury nominal bonds and 30-year TIPS. Federal Reserve policy to increase the money supply has not led to inflation during this recovery because the demand for money has been lower than in other recoveries when inflation did occur.
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Participants who see higher prices said given the long-term fundamental backdrop of ultra-loose monetary policy, gold will be underpinned.
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"This should be a great time to invest in long-term assets such as energy, but clear policy is needed in order to release it, " he said.
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