Kerry warns Lavrov about the risk of Russia's support for the regime of Bashar al Assad.

Of course, given the political risks, governments should not wait for confrontation with pensioners.

But is it plausible to raise taxes in the face of such sustained low growth?

North America, Western Europe, and Japan are bogged down in slow growth and risk renewed recession.

We should have been fully aware of this risk all along.

With a large output gap and low inflationary pressure, expansionary policies show great potential for reviving economic activity.

With little wage inflation, high goods inflation is unlikely.

High growth and urbanization have caused rapid rises in incomes in urban areas, with smaller increases in the rural areas.

Well, their answer was, It's all about risk and reward.

Some observers saw a risk of sustained deflation in the euro area as well.

Desirous of promoting agreements to strengthen regional peace and security at the lowest possible level of armaments and military forces,

There is, however, scant accountability.

But it has reached this point at a much lower level of per capita income than any systemically important predecessor. The reason is that China is, by far, the most populous country to have sustained very rapid growth for 30 years.

Or China can try to maintain an exchange rate that is slightly lower than it would be otherwise.

The IMF is absolutely right to remind ministers each April of downside risks.

So they invest and speculate fiercely without much consideration of risk.

So, talk about risk taking. I'm going to do somebody that nobody likes.

But research conducted over many years suggests that greater wealth implies greater happiness only at quite low levels of income.

Only consumption is lagging.

They rightly contest the degradation of their ancestors, but also idealize their rural, communitarian nature.

The Fed held this rate too low for too long.

At a lower level, too, China has unleashed an impressive charm offensive.

Eurozone manufacturing at 13 month low

The recent slowdown in Chinese industrial activity underscores this very risk.

The main problem is the extremely low quality of the region s educational system.

Global food stocks are at historic lows.

Our relations with Russia are at an all time low and dangerous level.

Insurance regulators are certainly well aware of the risk of future increases in homeowners insurance premiums.

By contrast, the Bank of England s reluctance to provide liquidity because of concerns about moral hazard was a poor choice.

In the past, banks kept loans and mortgages on their books, retaining the credit risk.

So lower levels of social expenditure could involve only a relatively small increase in inequality and social conflict. Moreover, if Europeans target social expenditure better, they might achieve a greater reduction in inequality with a lower level of social transfers.

Moreover, if Europeans target social expenditure better, they might achieve a greater reduction in inequality with a lower level of social transfers.

Whenever in the future the US finds itself in a situation like 2003, should it try to keep the economy near full employment even at some risk of a developing bubble?

For one thing, its purchasing power is already scraping along at a fairly low level globally indeed, near an all time low, according to the Fed s broad dollar exchange rate index.

If, for example, an agency working to reduce poverty in Africa cuts staff with expert knowledge, it is more likely to end up funding projects that fail.

The pressure to keep administrative expenses low can make an organization less effective.

Brazil s unemployment rate, for example, is at lows not seen for decades.

In some cases, the targets are set at 50 per cent, a very low level.

This means that the problem is not a certain increase in homeowners insurance losses, but rather a risk of increase.

They worry about the risk of pregnancy or even how they will handle hygiene, said Kaplowitz.

But the bad news is that even if interest rates are expected to remain low for a while, they will not stay this low indefinitely.

But the bad news is that even if interest rates are expected to remain low for a while, they will not stay this low indefinitely.

Yet the Nordic states have thrived, not suffered, from a large social welfare state, with much less public sector corruption and far higher levels of voter participation than in the US.

Aware that the preservation of a balance in the defence capabilities of States at the lowest level of armaments would contribute to peace and stability and should be a prime objective of conventional arms control,

While a great many efforts have gone into reducing and eliminating these exposures, concerns continue, particularly because we now recognize that adverse effects can occur at exceptionally low levels.