Republicans have put together a full slate for the November election with
no sign of a primary challenge.
Not exact matches
While there are some
signs of recognition such as the Fed's reduction in its estimated neutral rate from 4.5 percent to 3.0 percent during the last 2 years, the IMF's explicit use
of the term secular stagnation in its World Economic Outlook, ECB president Mario Draghi's call for global coordination and greater use
of fiscal policy, and Japan's indicated interest in fiscal - monetary cooperation, policymakers still have not made sufficiently radical adjustments in their world view to reflect this new reality
of a world where generating adequate nominal GDP growth is likely to be the
primary macroeconomic policy
challenge for the next decade.
The stand - alone nature
of this
primary brings an added
challenge to motivating more casual voters as the typical reminders
of an approaching election day, such as TV ads, a mailbox stuffed with campaign literature and campaign
signs in the street, are absent.
Alix Anfang, who rassled with reporters for Maloney's successful weathering
of a
primary challenge from newcomer Reshma Saujani, has departed the congresswoman's office to
sign on with Schneiderman as a deputy press secretary.
While the W.F.P. is backing former city councilman Oliver Koppell's
primary challenge to I.D.C. leader Jeff Klein, for example, a number
of unions have endorsed the senator, and so far show no
signs of abandoning him.