Then Reagan deployed what, then and now, are the two most powerful instruments of U.S. foreign policy: the growth potential of the U.S. economy, and a strong U.S. dollar.
So the economy remains weak, with low reserves of foreign exchange and slow industrial growth.
That shrinking share mainly reflected the winding down of foreign wars and the inexorable growth of entitlements.
We need a candid appraisal of past failures in our foreign aid programs and a sweeping growth-oriented revision of the IMF's austerity mind-set.
Iceland's banks collapsed in 2008 after years of growth that depended on foreign loans.
In the paper, the government said that a key part of the growth would come from foreign workers and immigrants.
Given the losses they have already suffered through the pound's fall, will they step up their purchases, especially as the growth rate of global foreign-exchange reserves is slowing?
Though economic growth, at an annualised rate of 9%, remains robust, foreign investment has fallen and growth in industrial output has slowed.
The budget comes amid rising concern among locals over the growth in the number of foreign workers in the city-state.
For instance, between 2002 and 2005, the Cleveland Clinic had double-digit growth in the number of foreign patients it treated.
Without fast economic growth or a lot of foreign money, it is hard to see how Russia can keep going.
The bottoming of growth in China appeared to stem from domestic and foreign factors, as retail sales, investment, and export growth all improved.
As part of Tokyo's long-term economic growth strategy, Japan hopes to increase the number of foreign visitors to the nation to 20 million by 2020 and counts on Chinese visitors to make up six million of the total.
As you can see, there is a noticeable negative correlation, that is, increased flows of foreign aid are associated with somewhat lower economic growth.
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Thanks to low domestic savings rates and profligate government spending, the U.S. economy is reliant on continuous influxes of foreign investment to provide the capital necessary for growth.
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In particular, I see the risk of owning large, blue chip companies with a significant percentage of revenue and growth coming from more robust foreign economics as very limited, especially at current prices.
The foreign secretary acknowledged that the conflict is "precipitating a growth of extremism in Syria which poses current and future risks to UK national security", and more foreign fighters were now operating in Syria than in "all other arenas of jihad combined".
"We cannot cut off the flow of foreign workers abruptly but we have to slow the growth, " he said.
Maybe Nat Gas will not solve all of our problems with job growth and dependency on foreign oil but Nat Gas will make a big hit.
Although part of China's growth has been fueled by foreign direct investment, it is internal capital that has driven a surge in property, infrastructure and plant capacity.
We are looking for affirmative solutions that will strengthen our nation by freeing us from our dependence on foreign oil, and spurring a wave of entrepreneurial growth in the form of alternate energy programs.
Foreign currency exchange rates have masked the growth of Dassault, based in Suresnes, France.
Foreign currency exchange rates have masked the growth of Dassault, headquartered in Suresnes, France.
The 15% growth excludes the vehicles segment and effects of foreign currency.
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Relaxing the laws controlling large stores has already increased competition by encouraging rapid growth in the number of big supermarkets and foreign retailers.
Indian students are now the largest group of foreign students within the United States and represent a major growth market for American institutions of education.
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Nigel Brackenbury, head of Ford's operations in Russia, notes that for most of the past decade foreign brands have mopped up all the growth in the market.
The once lily-white Midwest and the once black-and-white South are becoming prime places for immigrants (eight of the ten states with the biggest growth in the foreign-born Mexican population are in the South, for instance).
Restaurants International grew system sales 13%, prior to foreign currency translation, including new-unit growth of 7%.
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