It is hard to see how anybody is going to get any credit in this country in the foreseeable future, and an economy without credit is an economy that cannot do very much at all.
They cannot change the subject to the economy without tripping over the voters' belief that the economy sucks.
However, in the 1990s, the return of a booming economy allowed government spending cut-backs without harming the economy, which combined with a big surge in tax revenues from rising corporate profits, and capital gains taxes created by the explosive stock market of the 1990s, not only produced a balanced budget, but several years of large budget surpluses.
The current situation seems to be handcuffing the Federal Reserve, which can neither raise rates to combat inflation without hurting growth prospects, nor lower them to aid the economy without hurting the dollar and putting upward pressure on prices.
As western Europe has amply demonstrated, without innovation an economy stagnates and job creation suffers.
The big question is how Arroyo will deregulate the economy without losing her populist appeal.
Lastly, more nuclear energy will allow India to power its economy without damaging the environment.
One aim of climate-change legislation is to reduce carbon emissions without harming the economy.
Small businesses would prefer a vibrant, growing economy without so much govt intrusion and taxation.
This has a big impact on improving fuel economy without inducing an artificial feel.
"They track the economy without significant lags, " explains analyst Robert LaFleur of Susquehanna Financial in Stamford, Connecticut.
No government agency in this democracy has the right to harm the economy without the consent of Congress.
The foreign policy context opened the door: Without a strong economy, America cannot have a strong foreign policy.
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It may be that they will move towards a service economy without ever having a large industrial sector.
" An economy without creative destruction--which is to say, one without entrepreneurs--is trapped in a state of "circular flow.
China is doing all it can to stimulate the economy without spending money.
University students today want to find ways to revitalize the global economy without creating further damage to society and planet.
There are three reasons why China should be able to cool its economy without damaging its growth prospects, she said.
Those measures, plus another round of quantitative easing, might perk up the economy without endangering the public finances (see article).
Put simply, we cannot grow our economy without a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem that is focused on creating new employment opportunities.
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And inflation has been running below the Fed's target rate, allowing it to keep stimulating the economy without igniting price increases.
That way we can resolve this budget impasse without hurting our economy.
Central banks' second function is macroeconomic stabilisation, setting interest rates to keep inflation in check without causing the economy to stop and start.
Monetarists support QE because with the Fed buying Treasuries and mortgage securities, it is allegedly supplying the excess dollars without which the economy cannot grow.
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Some of those bad or near-bad bank loans would come back to life, thereby enabling banks to clean up their portfolios without destroying the economy.
"There is a huge challenge ahead to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to stay below 2C of global warming, and without damaging the economy, " he said.
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Without a growing economy, taming the deficit will ultimately prove impossible.
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The lesson of the UK car industry is that you can do very well indeed in the global economy without employing very many people at all.
The challenge for governments is to find ways to share out the fruits of globalisation more fairly without undermining the economy's ability to reap the benefits.
Successful investors will look at individual companies, but there is also a way to invest broadly in the Japanese economy without buying an index or ETF.
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