I think this only makes sense if you're lessening the term, the interest rate or both.
Stern, speaking in Los Angeles, was quick to refute the allegations of widespread manipulation, accusing Donaghy of throwing a smokescreen to lessen the jail term which he will almost certainly receive, as well as lashing out at his former employers following their claim against him for $1m damages.
"Such an approach could lessen the near-term fiscal headwinds facing the recovery while more effectively addressing the longer-term imbalances in the federal budget".
Recent downward revisions of economic forecasts could lessen the medium-term potential of a hawkish Fed.
But such approaches won't lessen the long-term rate of climate change, a new study confirms.
In no way should we mitigate or lessen the short-term challenges and hardships faced by millions of Americans who have received insurance cancellations.
Dr Andrew Goddard, at the Royal College of Physicians, said: "Taking action to tackle air pollution in the UK will reduce the pain and suffering for many people with long term chronic health conditions, not to mention lessening the long term demands on our NHS".
But when Senator Obama chose Joe Biden to be his vice presidential choice, to some degree that lessened the near term need (they would be ideal for round two appointments) for either Holbrooke who is a well-seasoned, progressively focused arm-twister (like no other in international affairs) and for John Kerry who basically looks a lot like Biden in his foreign policy views.
Early and aggressive treatment is advocated by some to lessen the overall long-term impact to individuals.
To simplify, the Anglo-Saxon charge is that Mr Strauss-Kahn has used the IMF, a global organisation, as a vehicle for propping up the eurozone, thereby lessening the short-term costs to EU members of bailing out members that are, in truth, insolvent, and need a debt restructuring of the sort that the IMF has prescribed so often for countries outside Europe.
