First, its currency would naturally depreciate, making exports more competitive and imports more expensive.

Even winners of competitive elections have commitments to their campaign teams and sponsors.

The result will be even more support than was seen in last April s presidential election for extremist political parties that reject both Europe and competitive market capitalism.

A truly competitive European banking system would provide incentives for the larger and stronger banks to take more risks in the hope of growing even larger and stronger.

Indeed, avoiding continuous competitive devaluations is more a blessing than a curse.

Kuroda s stance has already weakened the yen s exchange rate, making Japanese goods more competitive.

Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and even Italy are often cited as countries that might benefit from being able to pursue an independent monetary policy and allow their currencies to adjust to more competitive levels.

This, we are told, will make Latin America s exports of manufactured goods more competitive internationally.

A new Franco German axis that makes France more competitive is just what Europe needs.

Those countries that persist with these reform efforts could well emerge leaner and more competitive.

The shortage of university slots has made a rigorous testing system all the more competitive.

ISPs would benefit from more competitive conditions for the purchase of international leased circuit capacity.

There were reportedly more than 15,000 applications to Hà Nội s National College of Education in 2011, but the school only accepts 1,800 students a year. That s a 12 percent acceptance rate, which is even more competitive than any Ivy League schools in America.

Germany, struggling with the burdens of reunification, undertook structural reforms and became more competitive. Other countries enjoyed housing and consumption booms on the back of cheap credit, making them less competitive.

Devaluation renders exports more competitive, thus substituting external demand for the domestic demand that is being compressed.

And, despite a more competitive exchange rate, the US continues to run a large current account deficit.

It was also helping the private sector to promote industrial development and make developing countries more competitive.

This in turn should help SMEs in those countries to become more competitive in the global market.

America s mortgage market remains on life support the government now underwrites more than 90 of all mortgages, and President Barack Obama s administration has not even proposed a new system that would ensure responsible lending at competitive terms.

Even if the US further postpones retrenchment, the US Congress is unlikely to tolerate an appreciation of the US dollar that makes European exporters more competitive and shifts the burden of sustaining the recovery onto US consumers.

In a monetary union, there are only two ways to close a competitiveness gap between countries transfers from the more competitive to the less competitive, or internal devaluation, which means real wage cuts.

To what extent can ICTs enable tourism enterprises in developing countries to become more competitive on tourism markets?

But, even if that could be achieved, it would close the trade gap only for as long as Greek prices remained competitive.

Ultimately, in today s complex and interlinked world, even the most competitive economies need a helping hand as they climb the global ladder.

That, in turn, requires making Greek goods and services more competitive relative to those of the country s trading partners.

Indeed, it might be that a liberal constitutional culture is more important than the mere fact of competitive elections.

Above all, local companies need to be supported when they make moves to become more efficient, innovative, and competitive.

Indeed, greater competitive pressure may increase the fragility of banks balance sheets and make investors more prone to panics.

The Commission nevertheless found these concerns to be more a fear of competition than of actual anti competitive practices.

Even countries seemingly committed to competitive markets don t like being beaten at their own game, and often trump up charges of unfair competition.

National competitive examinations

We found in our research that countries with competitive currencies were much more likely to experience growth enhancing structural change.

The path to a more open, competitive, efficient, and humane economy will surely be bumpy in the years to come.

The dollar is declining because only a more competitive dollar can shrink the US trade deficit to a sustainable level.

Unemployment is rising, their economies are not becoming more competitive, and the interest rates on their debt continue to rise.

Over time, they will foster productivity and flexibility, and the countries that implement them thoroughly should thus become more competitive.

The more we insist that a banking system should be competitive, the greater the risks that individual banks will take.

With more resources earmarked even more could be done.

An Even More Dismal Science

Even more opposed the change.

Other counties spent even more.

So streets become more desolate and unsafe, so we stay home more which makes streets even more desolate and unsafe, and we stay home even more.

This situation becomes even more acute regarding small scale fishing, where the work relationship is even more informal.

And, as more and more countries intervene to weaken their exchange rates in response to America s attempt at competitive devaluation through quantitative easing, the problem is becoming worse.

So higher taxes on property and lower taxes on income would contribute to the creation of a more dynamic, competitive economy.