It does, of course, raise the question: what was the point of the Stability and Growth Pact?
"If we think that for society as a whole it is important to have ring-fencing, both from a financial stability point of view and from a cultural point of view, I absolutely agree it should have strong enforcement and strong incentives in order for this to happen, " said the chief executive.
The House has introduced legislation and held a hearing in the new congressional session to find a solution that would continue the federal operation of the reserve beyond this point, ensuring stability and predictability in the helium market for a short, finite time until known plants in development start operation.
At a point in their lives when stability and family support is crucial to their rehabilitation, some youth offenders said they could not attend school or live with their families because their victims were siblings or relatives.
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Traditionalists who see a Scottish parliament as a dangerous change to a system which has delivered Britain centuries of peace and stability are missing the point.
Some see the deal as bullish for gold as it adds stability and could mean a turning point that the eurozone may finally be grappling with the situation.
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Political stability has always been a selling point for Malaysia.
IMF, point favourably to Chile as a country whose financial stability may come, in part, from its restrictions on short-term capital inflows.
In the past, they point out, the unions have been a source of loyalty and stability within the Labour Party.
If Pakistan now has a window of relative political and economic stability, could Malakand prove to be a turning-point in Pakistan's flagging war with extremism?
An important issue point is whether the rescue funds will come from the European Financial Stability Facility, the temporary bailout fund that is being wound down, or its permanent replacement, the European Stability Mechanism.
But its admonition on this point is general and couched as a task for the IMF and Financial Stability Forum, although neither has direct control over regulators.
That would make the immediate threat of liquidation go away and provide some short-term stability, but it would also trigger an automatic 10-point penalty from the Football League, with the prospect of further sanctions to come.
Mattei shook up the business by offering oil-exporting nations a bigger share of production. (He also reportedly tried to win a sweet deal by enticing the Shah of Iran with an Italian princess.) At one point British diplomats fretted that Mattei's dealmaking could "seriously prejudice the stability of the Middle East, " according to The Prize, Daniel Yergin's 1991 history of the oil business.
Washington has a strong interest in stability in the Caspian Sea nation, which sits at a strategically vital point between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
On one point, there is consensus: there will be no recovery without a degree of currency stability.
Moreover, points out Mr Schubert, the mid-point of the inflation projection for 2002 is 1.9%, within the definition of price stability.
The main sticking-point remains how to increase the firepower of the eurozone's main bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).
Well I think the European Central Bank has to take economic activity into account and not merely prize stability, that's an old-fashioned doctrine and that would be my, the point I would try to make.
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