The reformers are constantly frustrated by the unions, but they're unwilling to
embrace bold measures that would simply reset expectations.
Since November, just before elections in December that bought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power, Abe has pushed
for bold measures and an aggressive monetary policy to revive the Japanese economy, which is in recession and plagued by years of deflation.
The plan is a follow - up to the so - called 20-20-20 package, a set
of bold measures for 2020 presented in 2007 that made the European Union a leader in the fight against global warming.
Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward
with bold measures.
Sometimes the bringing to light of such history will provide precedents for moral courage («If the last generation could take
such bold measures, why can't we?»).
Among leading British politicians outside the Liberal Democrats, he was perhaps the only one who could claim he had always
wanted bold measures to sweep away a broken system with a new settlement.
But we're not talking about President Obama calling a crisis meeting,
tabling bold measures to avert the impending climate shock.
To alleviate the burden, the Fund suggests
taking bold measures to impose a 20 - year moratorium on repayments and extend maturities by another 40 years.
The BOJ last month adopted a 2 percent inflation target, one of
the bold measures it unveiled to push Japan out of deflation.
He took
bold measures to build a robust economy and deepened the development process of the country on the mantra Better Ghana Agenda.
«Pushing for legislation to restrict food and beverage marketing to children and youth may seem like
a bold measure, but given experts» prediction that today's children may be the first generation to have poorer health and shorter lifespans than their parents, we need to be bold.»
The big news, however, over the last few years has been at the municipal level, where city councils are taking
the bold measure to ban the sale of mill - bred pets in their communities.
«Regulatory action / fines, if any, are likely limited as mgt is taking
bold measures to self regulate.»
That balance of forces may make it difficult to enact
any bold measures in the near future.