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Budget deficits
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (1985) Jonathan L. Entin The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (P.L. 99-177, 99 Stat. 1038) is popularly known as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act after the names of its principal sponsors, and was designed to reduce the... Read more |
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Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ACT GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ACT (1985), officially the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, was championed by Republican U.S. Senators Philip Gramm of Texas and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, and Democratic U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina. Passage... Read more |
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National debt
National Debt BIBLIOGRAPHY A national debt is generated when a government runs a budget deficit for consecutive fiscal years; hence its expenditures (for administration, defense, welfare programs, and so forth) exceed its revenues (taxes). In such cases, the government seeks to finance its... Read more |
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public debt
public debt indebtedness of a central government expressed in money terms, often referred to as national debt. The debt is computed differently by nearly every nation. Some authorities exclude all government obligations other than those incurred by public borrowing from individuals. The U.S.... Read more |
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Trade Deficit
Trade Deficit BIBLIOGRAPHY A trade deficit—that, is, a deficit on flows of goods and services in a country’s international balance of payments—occurs when a country imports more than it exports. Because the concept of the trade deficit depends intimately on its two... Read more |
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Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL, AND POLICY SIGNIFICANCE POLICY DEBATE BIBLIOGRAPHY The field of economics is divided into two subfields: macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. It examines... Read more |
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moisture index
moisture index A term based on the computation of an annual moisture budget by C. W. Thornthwaite (1955), and calculated from the aridity and humidity indices, as Im = 100 × (S − D)/PE, where Im is the moisture index, S is the water surplus in months when precipitation exceeds... Read more |
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin , 1948-, French politician. From a political family, he began his career in business and served as a spokesman for a labor minister in the late 1970s before returning to the private sector. A conservative, Raffarin turned permanently to politics in 1988 when he became president... Read more |
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devaluation
devaluation decreasing the value of one nation's currency relative to gold or the currencies of other nations. It is usually undertaken as a means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments . Although devaluation occurs in terms of all other currencies, it is best illustrated in the case... Read more |
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OIL-MARKET MANIPULATION WATCHDOGS IMPERILED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS' BUDGET...
WASHINGTON -- The following...urge you to abandon the reckless...responsible budget compromise...Capitol Washington, D.C...to protect American consumers...levels, when Americans were blindsided...squeezing ... |
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Democratic Budget Abandons Fiscal Responsibility
...increase in American history, coupled...long-term deficits. Washington does not have...substantial deficit reduction that...freedom his family will have...Republican budget plan also calls...Democratic ... |
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House Dems win budget plan OK // Abandon bid for bipartisan accord
WASHINGTON House Democrats...colleagues over budget proposals...the federal deficit. The vote...Lack of a budget agreement has...of writing a budget." The veto...millions of Americans who want to...games with the ... |
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NEW BUDGET SIGNALS RETURN OF DEFICITS.(NEWS)
...In the budget he delivered...Institute and a Washington budget veteran...budget) abandons fiscal discipline...extent of deficits in the new...years of deficits, the new...concedes that ... |
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Deficit blues.(budget deficits management of president George W. Bush)
...administration, the American people have...added to the deficit. In effect...reduce budget deficits by half over...Broder of the Washington Post discovered...year federal deficit of nearly...indebtedness of ... |
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SEN. FRANKEN'S FLOOR STATEMENT ON THE NATION'S BUDGET DEFICITS.
WASHINGTON -- The following...nation's budget deficits. The deficit for Fiscal...running these deficits, the dangers...and budget deficits of the Reagan...000 per family. What ... |
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Text of a Letter from John Podesta on the Budget
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21...Representatives Washington, DC 20515...strategy that abandons the fiscal...country out of deficits and toward...back into deficits. As you...still have a deficit today. In...Balanced ... |
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Deficit Plays Into Health Reform; Bill Needs to Rein In Federal Spending, Key...
...debt and deficits.""The...bankrupt most American families...the federal budget outlook...Obama should abandon his reform...the budget deficit. The annual...income families. Meanwhile...talks ... |
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WITH GAS PRICES RISING, BROWN CALLS ON REPUBLICANS TO ABANDON PLANS TO GUT...
WASHINGTON -- The following...urging it to abandon a proposal...squeezing American families, we have...responsible budget compromise...to protect American consumers...levels, when Americans were ... |
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WITH GAS PRICES RISING, BROWN CALLS ON REPUBLICANS TO ABANDON PLANS TO GUT...
WASHINGTON, March 22...urging it to abandon a proposal...squeezing American families, we have...responsible budget compromise...to protect American consumers...levels, when Americans were blindsided...squeezing ... |
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