But that is extremely unlikely.

That is not likely to happen.

The price levels are unlikely to go down.

The consequence is unlikely to be transparency.

These interests are unlikely to change for a long time.

But these are not normal times.

However, that is not the case here.

The fact that the Geithner Plan is likely to be profitable for the US government is, however, a sideshow.

The world economy, however, is unlikely to look the same.

That seems unlikely.

And this is not likely to change in 2013.

So the Sino Indian frontier is unlikely to remain quiet.

This is unlikely to satisfy the developing countries.

Nor is Egypt s political discourse likely to be especially palatable to Israelis.

But it is unlikely that much good will come from bombing them.

India, presumably, will not be one of them.

Nor is India or Russia likely to pose a serious challenge.

Of course, markets are unlikely to do any such thing.

The car is not illegally parked.

That is true, except that Germany is not like the others.

The government is unlikely to recover its investment anytime soon.

But Rowhani s presidency can hardly be expected to change Iran s strategic objectives.

Today, no such tragedy is likely to help the Congress.

In Europe, meanwhile, matters are unlikely to be any better.

Indeed, the bond market channel is unlikely to boost growth.

Long term trends are not likely to receive much coverage.

This is not the case in most non Western civilizations.

The task is not an easy one and the challenges are many.

A formal recession, however, is not an overwhelming probability, and is likely to be small.

These broad perspectives are unlikely to be discussed in Cannes.

The market s verdict is likely to be uncompromising.

But this is unlikely to happen any time soon.

But the European Union is not a country, and it is unlikely to survive.

Win or lose, that is unlikely to change.

With government deficits the norm, that appears unlikely.

Nigeria is not Africa s equivalent of what China is for Asia. And post apartheid South Africa, for all its progress, has not fulfilled the expectations placed on it, and remains unlikely to become the continent s gendarme.

Such rapid industrial rises are rare, but not unprecedented.

No new agreements or other diplomatic breakthroughs are likely to be announced during Park s visit.

Unfortunately, a full fledged banking union is unlikely to be achieved anytime soon.

Nigeria s northern Muslims are highly unlikely to accept that result without protest.

Consumption demand for luxury goods is unlikely to solve the problem.

But equal access is probably an unlikely ideal.

While Karzai has been fickle, to say the least, about cooperation with the Americans (indeed, he has since backed away from participation in the Doha talks), the rupture of his political alliance with non Pashtun leaders has also fueled ethnic polarization.

The uncomfortable answer that Obama is likely to confront is this nobody.

But not all fiscal policies are equivalent.