Taming Speculative Capitalism

Second, many argue that raising interest rates would trigger a flood of speculative capital from low yielding advanced economies. With the PBOC unable to sterilize the inflows, upward pressure on the renminbi s exchange rate would threaten competitiveness.

In contrast to the other two psychological causes, speculative contagion has a natural end. A speculative bubble, sustaining itself solely by reaction to price increases, cannot go on forever.

In the view of Iraq, the claim unit is overly speculative.

Many investors also feel the need to balance increasingly speculative investments ( satellite positioning ) with much safer investments ( core positioning ). To meet the latter objective, they turn to prudently managed countries, placing upward pressure on their currencies, too and, again, beyond what would be warranted by domestic fundamentals.

On the other hand, the estimate of the amount required would have to be speculative.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading contender in the French presidential election, recently lashed out against what he called speculative capitalism, and says he wants to moralize the financial zone created by the euro. What does Sarkozy mean by speculative capitalism?

And put the pressure where the pressure needs to be put.

If appreciation does not reduce the current account surplus and capital inflows, then the renminbi s exchange rate is bound to face further upward pressure. That is why some people are advocating that China undertake a one shot, big bang appreciation large enough to defuse expectations of further strengthening and deter inflows of speculative hot money.

In these circumstances, privatization will have profound consequences for China s economy. The recent capital spending boom produced a burst of speculative lending in 2003 and 2004 because the banking system was still state owned and responsive to political pressure until the government itself imposed credit controls in April 2004 to prevent a sharp upsurge in non performing loans.

Forget the pressure.

In the cities, a lot of the cost of property is actually wrapped up in its speculative value.

Third, and no less important, is the speculative contagion that underlies any bubble. The current boom has seen contagion

The pressure was tremendous.

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The notion that the prenatal transmission of PTSD risk is adaptive is still speculative, but I find it rather poignant.

(iii) Pressure sensors shall, where possible, be subject to a minimum pressure force appropriate for the intended target.

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High pressure builds over India.

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My blood pressure is low.

Tom has low blood pressure.

Tom has high blood pressure.

You couldn't handle the pressure.

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The atmospheric pressure of the Mars is very low, only 1 of the Earth's surface atmospheric pressure, with high uncertainty.

The bridge crashed under the pressure.

It's pressure sensitive, you can notice.

Pressure can make everything whole again.

Just be aware of the pressure.

We have wireless blood pressure cuffs.

Could you check the tire pressure?

Let me take your blood pressure.

Venus' air pressure is very high.

Venus' atmospheric pressure is very high.

Concerned about the excessive volatility of speculative short term capital flows and the contagion effects in financial markets in times of crisis,

Since the exact ratio of men to women within the framework of the total population is unknown, these conclusions are rather speculative.

OK, now, in a moment, you'll feel a certain pressure, OK, and I want you to be aware of the pressure.

You should also keep your blood pressure down, because chronic high blood pressure is the biggest single risk factor for Alzheimer s disease.

That would have meant too much pressure.

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Nevertheless, there are ways to pressure Zenawi

My blood pressure is 155 over 105.

She is unable to withstand the pressure.