A Year of Anniversaries and Uncertainties

In the face of such uncertainty, markets froze.

It s all about their anxieties and difficulties.

Some have suggested that the effort suggests a hint of insecurity.

The abolition of uncertainty abolishes the need for moral rules.

There are a few clear points amidst the large uncertainties and confusions. First, the US cannot continue borrowing from the rest of the world as it has for the past eight years.

At this point, the road forward is fraught with peril and uncertainty.

There are a few clear points amidst the large uncertainties and confusions.

They all manage to deflect criticism as on an oilskin made of a curious mixture of diffidence and dogmatism.

America s current policy combines economic integration with a hedge against future uncertainty.

Structural reforms are usually resisted because of uncertainty about the costs and their distribution.

Making matters worse are the repeated demonstrations of President Jiang's profound lack of personal self confidence.

Destabilization and chaos followed, accompanied by a sense of uncertainty and unpredictability.

The course of global warming, and its impact on future storms, is also the subject of considerable uncertainty.

Many Europeans, not just Italians, are nervous and unsure of where the continent is going.

Despite the world s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatisfaction.

58. Common violence continues to create a feeling of extreme insecurity among the population.

The key theoretical point in the transition to a debt fueled economy was the redefinition of uncertainty as risk.

Putin s irresistible urge to remind everyone that Russia has recovered its strength suggests underlying insecurity.

The Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in June plunged the EU into a renewed period of uncertainty about the Union s future.

Now, the only way to maintain sanity and achieve happiness in the midst of this uncertainty is to keep balance and perspective in life.

Investment has been discouraged by the rejection of corporate culture, social and political tension, and uncertainty about the reforms.

Today s new classical economics abstracted from the problem of uncertainty by assuming that it could be reduced to measurable (or hedgeable) risk.

The IMF puts them at 2.7 trillion, but the range of uncertainty is enormous. More than half is held by banks and broker dealers.

The Dear Leader s declining health will add even more uncertainty and may cause international instability across East Asia.

Whereas guarding against uncertainty had traditionally been a moral issue, hedging against risk is a purely technical question.

At a time of uncertainty and threat, people had more confidence in the president they knew than in the candidate who seemed unproven.

Even the existence of mundane uncertainty gives rise to conventions and rules of thumb that embody the best of human experience in dealing with the unknown.

Terrorists hope to create a climate of fear and insecurity that will provoke us to harm ourselves by undercutting the quality of our own liberal democracy.

Capital flight is most likely to be sparked by uncertainty regarding good governance, political stability, civil liberties, accountability, property rights, and corruption. Sound economic policies, sustainable economic growth, and adequate rates of return on investment tend to reverse capital flight.

Even the existence of mundane uncertainty gives rise to conventions and rules of thumb that embody the best of human experience in dealing with the unknown.

Capital flight is most likely to be sparked by uncertainty regarding good governance, political stability, civil liberties, accountability, property rights, and corruption.

NEW YORK The global recession now underway is the result not only of a financial panic, but also of more basic uncertainty about the future direction of the world economy.

Rarely have I witnessed such failure by policymakers to provide a clear vision of their medium term economic vision a failure that has added to the general and unsettling sense of uncertainty.

The origin of the problem is uncertainty about banks exposure to sub prime mortgages, the risks of which have been carelessly assessed by rating agencies due to conflicts of interest.

Because of fears about pollution, or about the safety of nuclear energy, most countries neglected to build up their own capacity.

The accession states only recently regained their independence, and so retain a feeling of uncertainty as to their security.

At this time of worldwide uncertainty, Asia Pacific leaders must redouble their efforts to exploit their partnerships and strategic combinations in order to foster stability and growth.

A new page was being turned, one that was full of uncertainty but also of hope that Russia was on its way to becoming a normal country.

Political operatives may also judge that an increased sense of danger and insecurity will tilt votes to the Republicans in the US congressional elections in November.

Terrorists hope to create a climate of fear and insecurity that will provoke liberal democracies to harm themselves by undercutting their quality in terms of their own values.

History offers too many examples of once promising partnerships collapsing in a climate of uncertainty for China and the West to take their relations for granted.

It must ease Japan s sense of insecurity in the wake of China s rise, while persuading Japan s new leaders to behave prudently and refrain from excessively nationalist behavior.

Consistent with recoveries from such recessions, demand has grown slowly, despite unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus, and that explains why the unemployment rate remains high. Indeed, businesses cite uncertainty about the strength of demand, not uncertainty about regulation or taxation, as the main factor holding back job creation.

In this case, the uneasiness derives from a fundamental uncertainty about which of the two faces of science, natural philosophy or instrumentality, represents its true character. 160