Mercosur Blues

Poland s Double Trouble

America s Trouble with China

It matters to me because I think we're setting ourselves up for trouble trouble certainly in how we relate to each other, but also trouble in how we relate to ourselves and our capacity for self reflection.

Trouble in Emerging Market Paradise

अफ र क अभ य दय म व प लत क समस य

I'm sorry to have caused you such inconvenience.

But the troubles for the world economy are just starting.

Myanmar and Pakistan are both Asian countries whose military rulers are in trouble.

Nevertheless, Hezbollah faces severe political trouble, too.

This is not the first time that Fouad has run into trouble with Saudi authorities.

The French economy, in turn, is suffering because its customers in southern Europe are in trouble.

They could be lending to an institution that is in serious financial trouble.

Trouble in the Sudan would, by necessity, spill over its frontiers, and vice versa.

That might be the right move for America, but it could spell serious trouble for Europe.

Earlier this year, when the euro got into trouble, China adopted a wait and see policy.

But now Italy seems to have run into trouble again and also wants to weaken the pact.

China, already in economic trouble, would be hit hardest, along with the whole of East Asia.

NEW HAVEN Economists like to talk about thresholds that, if crossed, spell trouble.

Debt to GDP ratios tend to increase for countries that are in economic trouble.

On the contrary, by and large it was the critics, not the supporters, of these measures who found themselves in trouble.

Second, troubles in any single component of total debt will have an impact on all the other components.

Since then, however, Chinese demand growth has slowed, and Germany s European trading partners are in even deeper trouble.

Finally, remarkable and lasting policy shifts will not be limited to countries in immediate financial trouble.

The main impediment to further progress is that two competing narratives have emerged to explain Europe s economic travails and lay out a path forward.

Given these factors, the JGB market, which has been stable so far, will face serious trouble in the years ahead.

AdriVidales It seems that King of Belgium will abdicate due to tax offenses by relatives and women troubles.

Temporary wealth taxes may well be a part of the answer for countries in fiscal trouble today, and the idea should be taken seriously.

Japan s banks invested heavily in commercial real estate and were dragged down when the property market boom of the 1980 s went bust.

One of President Clinton s problems, they said, was that the ceremonial portions of the job bored him and thus he got himself into big trouble.

With Ireland s troubles threatening to spill over to Portugal, Spain, and even Italy, it is time to rethink the viability of Europe s currency union.

After all, one reason for the banking crisis was that banks expected governments to bail them out in case of trouble.

This story is not unique. About 3,000 people from some 20 other villages face hardships similar to those of Mung Ra and Brang Mai.

Some countries that depend on energy exports, particularly governance challenged ones such as Russia and Venezuela, are experiencing even worse downturns.

Whenever small groups of individuals acquire that much power relative to the state and the rest of us, there is big trouble ahead.

A great power also knows that if it sets out on a military adventure without setting achievable goals, it can get into bad trouble.

This is why European banks are now reluctant to lend to each other. They could be lending to an institution that is in serious financial trouble.

Fifteen years ago, the consensus was that America's Social Security System was in huge trouble, that it needed the equivalent of an engine rebuild.

Spain, too, is in serious trouble, owing to the budget deficits of its traditionally independent regional governments, the weakness of its banks, and its need to roll over large sovereign debt balances each year.

Some scientists predict that climate change will cause severe disruptions, such as weather related natural disasters, droughts, and famines, which may lead to enormous loss of life.

After coping well initially, Europe entered choppy waters when confronted with the prospect of Greece defaulting on its public debt.

This year s Cup, unlike the previous one in Japan and South Korea in 2002, didn t witness any real upsets in the first round.

Instead of abandoning competition and giving banks protected monopolies once again, the public would be better served by making it easier to close banks when they get into trouble.

But a few vulture funds most notoriously the hedge fund Elliott Management, headed by the billionaire Paul E. Singer saw Argentina s travails as an opportunity to make huge profits at the expense of the Argentine people.

Obviously, the domino effect need not stop there the insolvency of banks A and B could get a bank C and additional banks into trouble.