The problem is not illiquidity but insolvency at prevailing interest rates.

The problem? An invasion of short term capital flows fleeing the slow growth, low interest rate advanced countries.

From the perspective of national interest, that makes no sense at all, given the global commons nature of the problem.

The Summit featured the largest ever gathering of representatives of non governmental organizations with an interest in the global landmine problem.

A planet composed of nation states that in turn are dominated by special interest groups does not seem capable of solving this problem.

As long as nominal interest rates are rising because of inflation expectations, the increase is part of the solution, not part of the problem.

That decrease was largely attributed to the Government's unwavering efforts and its commitment to addressing the problem in the interest of saving lives.

But, given that overinvestment in the 1990 s was part of the problem underpinning the recession, lower interest rates did not stimulate much investment.

If the world s central banks raise interest rates while the major problem is insufficient global demand, they might cause a depression.

By contrast, sky high US interest rates produced by a general expectation of a massive ongoing dollar decline is a macroeconomic problem without a solution.

Employers and the trade unions had expressed intense interest in Government support in their efforts to raise awareness and address the problem.

Known as the free rider problem, it refers to the difficulty of obtaining members of a particular interest group when the benefits are already reaped without membership.

Many of those who claim to be concerned about the region have not shown much interest in changing the essential problem, after centuries of exploitation and plundering.

It's going to be part school, part museum hall, part conservatory, part zoo, and part of an answer to the problem of how you interest kids in science.

That has been precisely the problem with the aggressive provision of liquidity, quantitative easing, and the reduction of central bank interest rates used to address the current crisis.

You shall not lend on interest to your brother interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest

If the problem were that supply is too great, then new emissions of government debt would be accompanied by low prices that is, by high interest rates.

If the problem were that demand is too great, then new emissions of government debt would be accompanied by high prices that is, by low interest rates.

This kind of crisis cannot be solved simply by ensuring that solvent borrowers can borrow, because the problem is that banks aren t solvent at prevailing interest rates.

Indeed, Italy boasted the lowest deficit to GDP ratio in the eurozone, and the Italian government had no problem refinancing at attractive interest rates.

Thus, low interest rates make the problem go away, while the Bagehot rule with its high lending rate for banks would make matters worse.

That is why it is encouraging now to see the Security Council's growing interest in this problem, which affects human security in every continent.

The result would be capital flight but to where? Many banks would have a similar problem a collapse in US Treasury prices (the counterpart of higher interest rates, as bond prices and interest rates move in opposite directions) would destroy their balance sheets.

The origin of the problem is uncertainty about banks exposure to sub prime mortgages, the risks of which have been carelessly assessed by rating agencies due to conflicts of interest.

But I believe that the problem could easily be solved by, say, giving the World Bank an endowment of rich country bonds and permitting it to expend the interest.

With regard to the question of the financing of experts, he reiterated the interest of the developing countries, in particular of the least developed countries, in finding a solution to the problem.

Indeed, a major problem with the current state of affairs is the weakness of EU institutions that are in charge of advancing the common interest and that are accountable to Europeans as a whole.

But if the problem is weak investment, then a reduction in such incentives will lead to excessively high real interest rates when the factors holding back investment dissipate.

The self interest of those opposed to the establishment of a bona fide Government has been a constant, and the Monitoring Group has in its previous reports laid bare this central problem in Somalia.

Consumption demand for luxury goods is unlikely to solve the problem. Moreover, interest rates cannot become negative in nominal terms, and rising public debt may increasingly disable fiscal policy.

The report of the Committee on Contributions (A 59 11) offered a positive solution to the problem, namely, the apportionment of interest income to Member States that paid their assessments within a specified time period.

They buttress their argument that the deficit is not an immediate problem by pointing to very low interest rates on long term government debt, with a 2 yield on the ten year Treasury bond and a negative real interest rate on Treasury inflation protected bonds (TIPS).

The problem of Pakistan is closely interlinked with the problem of Afghanistan.

This prevents monetary and credit growth, but, by keeping interest rate differentials high, sterilized intervention feeds carry trade inflows, thus contributing to the problem that it was supposed to solve.

Conflict of interest

Conflict of interest

But there is a problem, and the crisis has highlighted it. The arguments that apply strongly in the case of interest rates are less clear when it comes to other functions that central banks may carry.

Other items of interest

Other meetings of interest.

Problem prevention was preferable to problem solving.

The problem is that the UK has a strong interest in retaining full access to the EU market the eurozone accounts for half of its exports of goods and services but seems unwilling to submit to any obligation.

We commend those Asian Governments that have taken an active interest in developing cooperation to curb this problem, and we stand ready to cooperate further in an attempt to make shipping more secure.

The Problem of Priorities

Diagnosis of the problem

But these are, or ought to be, problems that we can solve. By contrast, sky high US interest rates produced by a general expectation of a massive ongoing dollar decline is a macroeconomic problem without a solution.