They should be doing everything in their power to make our economy stronger, not weaker.
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Unlike UKIP, unlike the Conservatives, I see it as an opportunity for Britain to be stronger, not weaker.
Our country will be stronger, not weaker, if our next president assumes office following a process that most Americans believe is fair.
Democrats have said they want the race to go on as long as the winner looks stronger, not weaker, and the principal target of criticism remains Bush.
The BRL recently threatened to breach the 2.15 level, its weakest in years, while the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) has been in a fairly concerted campaign to stabilize the currency around 2.10, but not weaker than that.
This nation was built on the basis of the principle that we are stronger, not weaker, for even the most vigorous debates -- debates that have energized our politics since the inventors of America argued over our founding documents more than two centuries ago.
But if the government does not accept a weaker rupee, which it has defended ruinously, and cut its budget deficit, the money may not come at all.
However, with the European economy struggling it would not surprise me to see the weak banks in weaker countries not just have their shares underperform but lose their value since they may have to merge with stronger banks or be taken over by their central bank.
The fact is, almost all other underlying data point to weaker, not stronger jobs numbers.
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Now that Quantitative Easing has gone global, another round of QE may not result in a weaker dollar.
People are not demonstrably more stupid and not a whole lot weaker at 50 than they are at 20.
So it's also part of the cycle but certainly weaker and not likely to last more than a year or so now, I suspect.
Meanwhile 30 countries (including Myanmar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, all with nuclear interest) still do not have even the weaker safeguards system required by the NPT.
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The worry for European policymakers is that output is declining not just in the weaker, debt-laden economies such as Greece and Spain, where governments have been aggressively increasing taxes and cutting spending in order to get a grip on their public finances and relieve the pressure inflicted on them by skeptical investors.
But sometimes a powerful party faced with a weaker one may not realize it even needs to think strategically.
Not surprisingly, given their weaker credit histories and financial conditions, subprime borrowers default on their loans more frequently than prime borrowers.
Even healthy banks have been arm-twisted into accepting taxpayers' money so that weaker rivals would not stand out for doing so.
Nevertheless, a weaker market has not hurt Brazilian millionaires too much.
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Coincidentally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been accurately tracking the number of strong tornadoes for decades (weaker tornadoes are not accurately tracked, because older technology could not detect many of the smaller tornadoes that can be detected today).
But is not a stronger yen and a weaker dollar just what is needed to reduce Japan's large current-account surplus and America's current-account deficit?
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Perhaps Mr Blair's fear is not that the Commons would become weaker in relation to the Lords, but that Parliament would become stronger in relation to the prime minister.
While the tactic could have hurt a weaker movie--not showing a film in advance is often interpreted as a sign of a stinker--The Grand managed to develop some low-key buzz anyway.
The weaker pound will help not just to soften the blow of recession but also to create a basis for a subsequent recovery that will be necessarily less reliant on consumers.
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While the tactic could have hurt a weaker movie--not showing a film in advance is often interpreted as a sign of a stinker-- The Grand managed to develop some low-key buzz anyway.
The Street has totally soured on the stock this morning, citing not just the disappointing guidance but also weaker-than-expected subcriber net additions.
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The metal has been hurt by a stronger dollar but was not able to benefit Friday morning from weaker equities, he points out.
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If a weaker country left, risking not just European banks but also the currency, it would become a pariah exporting its pain to its neighbours.
The effects of passed-on energy costs, as well as higher import prices stemming from a weaker dollar, have probably not run their course, so core inflation may edge higher in the months to come.
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