Some politicians, for example President Barack Obama in the US, herald their fiscal stimulus programs as effective responses to the economic crisis.

Nonperforming loans will undoubtedly increase in response to the banking sector s exposure to some 1.7 trillion of local government debt, much of which was incurred during the stimulus of 2008 2009.

Why Stimulus Has Failed

The Bogey of Fiscal Stimulus

Is Stimulus Still Necessary?

There was a lot of bank rescue in economic stimulus and there was a lot of economic stimulus in rescuing banks.

Less Bang for America s Stimulus Buck

Stimulate or Die

All Stimulus Roads Lead to China

It was right to stimulate.

Consolidators versus Stimulators

Fiscal stimulus is a tricky business.

When the first arrow of Abenomics a fiscal stimulus program was launched nearly two years ago, asset markets' immediate response was positive. The second arrow of Abenomics monetary easing intensified these effects.

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

It's an approach built much more around intrinsic motivation.

Applying the principles of human motivation to pharmaceutical education.

The true effectiveness of these packages is not clear.

Response of the international community

In short, the US stimulus effects on spending have probably been positive but small, and without a decisive effect on the economy.

Such contributions had to ensure that assistance programmes responded fully to the needs of beneficiary countries.

This kind of enlightened stimulus runs into strong prejudices.

Fiscal hawks also rely on history based arguments.

Government stimulus programs are limited in their ability to restore demand.

This brings us back to the premature withdrawal of fiscal stimulus.

Organizational response to the changing environment

II Response of the international community

The African media s response to the massacres and rapes in Darfur has been equally muted.

The current stimulus and bailout plans were hatched in reaction to that dreadful week.

It is not a question of stimulus versus deficit. Both are necessary.

Fiscal stimulus is turning into fiscal austerity and a drag on growth.

The effect of economic stimulus is redoubled by this kind of inspirational belief.

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Positive responses from national leaders

Positive responses from some religious authorities

International terrorism requires an international response.

This situation requires an urgent response.

Promoting private insurance may seem an indirect response to the tsunami disaster, but it is a rational and powerful response.

But the stimulus measures transformed a banking crisis into a fiscal and sovereign debt crisis.

It is all the more important that stimulus packages be channeled into relatively productive investments.

I am one of those who believe that recovery from the crisis requires fiscal stimulus.

Sensory stimulation refers to regaining sensory perception through the use of modalities.

Spinal cord stimulation Electrical stimulation of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord can produce analgesia.

Treatments included peripheral nerve stimulation, electrical muscle stimulation and electric shock therapy.

On one hand, stimulus had become a dirty word even within the Obama administration well before the Republicans mid term election victory ruled out another round altogether.

In response, China s government acted almost instantly.