Word: boosting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...borrowing in both the private and public sectors, they will weaken the economic underpinnings -- and sour the psychological atmosphere -- of the U.S. position worldwide, especially in Asia. America's indebtedness, to itself and to the rest of the world, soaks up resources that might otherwise be invested to boost productivity and exports. Thus the budget deficit exacerbates the trade deficit, which in turn hurts the dollar and provokes protectionism...
...keep up with housing costs. For example, a family that wanted to buy a type of house now costing $75,000 but likely to climb in price to $105,000 in five years would invest $8,820 in the bond program over that period of time. The interest would boost the family's investment in five years to $10,500, enough for a down payment on the $105,000 home. If the price of the house were to climb higher, the state would nonetheless provide the family with the down-payment amount that it needed...
...activities, priced them fantastically and still cannot always keep up with demand. Though roughly half the guests at any given time are there on business, they still seem willing to spend whatever free time and discretionary income they have on making their trip memorable. "There's an ego boost in going home saying 'We took a helicopter to a remote spot and had a picnic just for two,' " observes Patrick Cowell, a regional vice president of Hyatt Resorts Hawaii and the hotel's managing director. "Can't you imagine that kind of story in the Des Moines bridge circle...
...still have, principally the ability to borrow long-term funds from federal Home Loan banks. Commercial banks are restricted to taking shorter-term loans from Federal Reserve banks. Besides paying higher premiums under the Bush plan, S & L owners would be required to follow stricter accounting rules and to boost their reserve capital from 3% of assets...
...casinos and commuter airlines. S & L managers who were accustomed to making simple residential mortgages were ill prepared to evaluate the new kinds of credit risks. The great mistake in deregulation was not so much the easing of rules but the failure of the federal and state governments to boost supervision at the same time...