Likewise, competitiveness losses have been partly reversed as wages have lagged productivity growth, thus reducing unit labor costs, and some structural reforms are ongoing.

France urgently needs structural reforms and thus a strong government.

And never mind growth enhancing structural reforms.

We are determined to press ahead with the structural reforms needed to succeed.

What the best structural reforms actually are remains a matter for debate.

Structural reforms, to root out corruption and crony capitalism, were doubtless overdue.

Fiscal discipline remains essential, as are deep structural reforms.

What is needed is not structural reform within Greece and Spain so much as structural reform of the eurozone s design and a fundamental rethinking of the policy frameworks that have resulted in the monetary union s spectacularly bad performance.

Commercial banks found it advantageous to accumulate weaker countries bonds to earn a few extra basis points, which caused interest rates to converge across the eurozone.

Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, undertook structural reforms and became more competitive.

Europe needs structural reforms and tighter fiscal management, not inflation.

Fifth, structural reforms are still occurring at a snail s pace, holding back potential growth.

If structural reforms are not done right, the Brisbane Summit will come to be regarded as a failure.

To be sure, the EU s technocratic focus on structural reforms is having some effect in the region.

Structural reforms however slowly will continue and gradually increase potential and actual growth.

While structural reforms have lagged, the economy is far less vulnerable than it was in the past.

Now, the pressure is on for structural reforms covering everything from labor markets to taxation.

His strategy the three arrows of massive monetary expansion, increased government spending, and structural reform is theoretically sound.

These structural reforms are much more important than fiscal targets, both in symbolic terms for the rest of Europe and for the Greek economy.

So, even if these countries were to implement the necessary fiscal and structural reforms, an increase of official resources would nonetheless be needed.

Moreover, monetary policy cannot be a long term substitute for structural reforms and sustainable budgets.

Structural reforms are also necessary in most European economies to bolster competitiveness and boost potential growth.

Structural Booms

Increases in civil service salaries are not a sufficient policy response structural reforms also are needed.

At the same time that political changes helped spread democracy across Latin America, structural economic reforms were strengthened.

Structural reforms are always useful, but increasing productivity takes a long time and does not always translate into higher competitiveness.

Even structural reforms that will eventually increase productivity growth can be recessionary in the short run.

Eurobonds would not cure disparities in competitiveness eurozone countries would still need to undertake their own structural reforms.

Why does Africa continue to perform poorly, despite two decades of structural reform? Most African governments have liberalized their trade regimes, deregulated their economies, and (by most measures) improved the quality of their policymaking.

Why does Africa continue to perform poorly, despite two decades of structural reform?

But that assumes that the government will embrace the structural reforms that France s economy so desperately needs.

After all, under any scenario, Greece will need to run a primary surplus and undertake structural reforms to transform its economy.

Abe s supporters reply that the third arrow of Abenomics productivity enhancing structural reforms has only now been removed from its quiver.

Two factors incited Austria's lower than expected economic dynamics delayed fiscal consolidation and lagging structural reforms.

Unfortunately, fiscal austerity and structural reforms are at least in the short run recessionary and deflationary. So other policies are needed to restore growth.

The reason is that structural reforms tend to pay off in the long term, but cost money in the short term.

structural reforms aimed at establishing secure property rights, meaningful bankruptcy legislation, an efficient tax system, and a stable financial sector

Developing countries were told, once again, to get their houses in order, to address issues of governance, and to undertake painful structural reforms.

Unfortunately, fiscal austerity and structural reforms are at least in the short run recessionary and deflationary.

Finally, external support helped the region s heavily indebted countries face the twin tasks of implementing structural reforms and coping with financial instability.

President François Hollande has given Macron wide berth to try to implement desperately needed structural reforms of labor and product markets.

Structural reforms, in which certain interests are sacrificed for the greater good, will always be controversial and difficult to execute.

India, too, has massive potential to grow fast and reap a demographic dividend, but it has been struggling with structural reform.

In Japan, the post earthquake recovery will fizzle out as weak governments fail to implement structural reforms.

To reduce the risk of financial pressures on Italy and Spain, both countries need to press ahead with fiscal austerity and structural reforms.