The future's in the air

It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

Inequality on the Horizon of Need

Change, however, was in the air.

A major slowdown seems to be looming.

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be an answer in the horizon.

Nor does a global solution to the challenge of climate change appear any closer.

And Europe would avert the looming depression.

Photographs floating online show us a snowman waving the IS flag

Alas, that prospect is not yet even a glimmer on the horizon.

There may be light at the end of the tunnel no depression and financial meltdown.

So I do not believe that a lasting rift looms.

But, at least in the short term, there seems to be no alternative to Calderón s strategy.

Indeed, the long dreaded impact of climate change is already upon us.

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That inattention will end soon a decision about the province s fate is looming.

But China s looming slowdown is likely to be both manageable and welcome.

A seismic shift is at hand, and America s recent fiscal follies may well be the tipping point.

GENEVA As post revolution Libya looks ahead, Iraq looms as a perilous example.

A sea change in drug policy seems to be in the making.

Even as the risk of recession looms, the country has been forced to implement a drastic austerity program.

True, there is no inflation problem in the short run, but the ECB s monetary policy focuses on the medium term.

Markets seem to believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel for the economy and for the battered profits of corporations and financial firms.

But, while Cameron should know from grim experience what is looming, it seems that he has abandoned rational considerations.

In this sense, the looming prospect of a full blown Italian debt crisis could prove beneficial by focusing European minds.

America s fiscal and external deficits will not disappear just because the chief magician at the Federal Reserve waves his wand and says abracadabra.

Most Europeans prefer to ignore the looming challenge of radical policy reform, owing to the decline in living standards that it implies.

Last year, Chinese GDP growth reached a 13 year low, and no upturn is in sight.

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At the very same time that Bush was waving from the stands, Russia was invading Georgia, America s closest partner in the Caucasus.

But Europe can take other steps to redress or adapt to the looming demographic imbalance.

BARCELONA In recent months, the dichotomy between booming financial markets, on the one hand, and sluggish economies and dysfunctional politics, on the other, has loomed large.

Housing prices are being propped up temporarily by myriad subsidies, while a commercial real estate tsunami looms.

With the specter of strategic disequilibrium looming large in Asia, investments to help build geopolitical stability have become imperative.

Looking ahead, as the threat of disintegration looms larger, the need for German leadership will be even greater.

Finally, the two events saw the emergence of two rival political courts, each exuding the faint but unmistakable odor of a looming conflict.

Indeed, the looming US debate underscores a more general point since time immemorial, war has been a double edged sword.

In East Africa, where millions of people already are dependent on food aid, a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops looms.

But it is not on the horizon yet, which means that there would be no positive private spending response to buffer public spending cuts.

Faced with the threat of financial sanctions, Iran s political elite is increasingly realizing the price of its confrontational course.

Shortage of demand for currently produced goods and services and mass unemployment no longer loom as the region s biggest macroeconomic problems.

The reformers believe that such reforms are the only way for Saudi Arabia to survive the threat of violence, instability, and national fragmentation that is looming on its horizon.

They take their seats and, as Sam waves to Sally sitting with her classmates, he is struck by how quickly 17 years have passed.

In particular, the US trade deficit looms as a massive source of instability should long term asset prices fall significantly.