…steeper declines in home prices will mean steeper losses in mortgage-backed securities. Moreover, if this doesn’t work, Wall Street pressure will build for the Fed to buy up mortgage securities…

…in the form of a demand by Moody’s that the U.S. government “reform” Social Security and Medicare: “In the very long term, the rating could come under pressure if reform…

…prisoner, with no effort to establish the accuracy of the charges, even if one can find out what the charge is. JAG has come under heavy pressure to relent on…

…repeatedly that the new intelligence shows that U.S. diplomatic pressure actually has been working. He added that Iran remains a danger because of its demonstrated desire for a nuclear arsenal,…

…counter-reaction. The increase in group size finally made al Qaeda accessible to US counter-pressure. It now had a center of gravity to attack. This is yet another level of complication…

…true. Many things act as gateways to harder drug use: abuse, poverty, boredom, and peer pressure, and especially alcohol, which is almost always a gateway to marijuana. Prohibition didn’t do…

…is especially important given global challenges such as climate change, global poverty, pressure on resources and their potential impact on societies. The purpose: The European Commission, European Parliament, Club of…

…ME oil producing nations are being squeezed to do the same unpegging eventually. If oil prices fall, the pressure to unpeg increases. I wonder what other currencies are in play….

…challenge of inflation pressure and populist politics that have been relatively quiescent in recent years” is something that is very significant. You say the year — the United States in…

…they be expected to stand up for American taxpayers and consumers in other, less egregious cases? Even the WTO GATS pressure will not move this mountain very soon. How do…