Because this is the first time the dollar has weakened since China has become a big exporter, the falling dollar amounts to a double-dip problem for Japanese and European businesses.
There are other claims, too -- that there's an epidemic in malingering exacerbated by overly generous benefits, that poor screening and lax rules allow abled-bodied people to collect benefits, that there's a widespread "double-dipping" problem, and that loopholes allow people to collect benefits while working.
Some studies also suggest that increased inflows of migrants are a leading indicator of a pickup in growth.In this section Going, going… How to avoid a double dip The cartel problem No modern-day Mahatma Let them come ReprintsYet governments are often reluctant to leave migration flows to the labour market.
Benghazi, the rebel capital at the other end of the country's coastline, was illuminated by fireworks as hundreds of thousands of people celebrated in the streets (see article).In this section Going, going… How to avoid a double dip The cartel problem No modern-day Mahatma Let them come ReprintsBut the fight is not quite over.
Their campaign is tinged with nostalgia for a golden age before economic liberalisation when government was, in their view, clean and decent.In this section Going, going… How to avoid a double dip The cartel problem No modern-day Mahatma Let them come ReprintsThis is a dangerous misdiagnosis.
And although growth has not been spectacular over the past 15 years, it has been significant.In this section Going, going… How to avoid a double dip The cartel problem No modern-day Mahatma Let them come ReprintsFor reasons of geography Mexico's fate is ineluctably intertwined with that of the United States.
The odds of a double-dip recession have risen sharply on both sides of the Atlantic.In this section Going, going… How to avoid a double dip The cartel problem No modern-day Mahatma Let them come ReprintsIn 2008 the world economy was saved from depression by a bold and co-ordinated plan to shore up banks and counter the slump with fiscal and monetary stimulus.
A double dip would present obvious political problems for President Obama, whose approval ratings have already fallen below 50 percent and who is scheduled to give a speech to Congress on Thursday outlining a new jobs plan.
We are slouching toward a double dip because we're getting the problem wrong.
"I believe there will be a double-dip [recession] and I think when there is a double dip there will be more outcry over the conduct that led to this problem.
Double dip sundae, $5.69.
