The risk is that the short-term response will damage that accord.

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The ECB insists that its actions are exceptional, a short-term response to dysfunctional markets and that it is just as independent from bullying politicians as it ever was.

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When the consumer does not know how much and at what price, there is no ability to establish any meaningful short-term or longer-term price response.

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Short-term savings was the second most common response, followed by money set aside for retirement withdrawals.

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The government's response is a mix of short-term protectionist measures combined with modest steps towards more constructive longer-term policy changes.

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In either case the weakening effect on the dollar should lift short-term earnings prospects for American exporters and the positive market response should spur consumer spending via the wealth effect.

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In response, customers withdrew their funds and stopped giving banks short-term loans to keep them afloat.

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