Word: brinner
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...stops depleting America's savings pool, it would lower businesses' costs of borrowing and enable them to invest in the new equipment that makes their employees more productive, thus fattening their paychecks. Lower rates would also help companies create jobs by building new factories and opening new shops. Roger Brinner, chief economist with the forecasting firm DRI/McGraw-Hill, estimates that balancing the budget would raise America's yearly output an extra 2.5% over the next 10 years. That would mean an average of an extra $1,000 a year for each American family. He adds that the economy would create...
...That kind of spurt normally reflects lenders' fears of inflation, but inflation has been dormant all year, thanks at least partly to the Federal Reserve's vigilance. "What's going on with interest rates is more a scarcity of credit than a big rise in inflation expectations," maintains Roger Brinner, chief economist for the consulting firm...
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...reduction of the deficit would have a number of subtle but important effects. Roger E. Brinner, chief economist of the forecasting firm DRI/McGraw- Hill, projects that the lower interest rates that would result from a smaller deficit could produce a modest budget surplus by the end of the century, when coupled with reduced defense spending. Economists believe that lower interest rates would encourage productive domestic investment, make U.S. businesses more competitive and thus help reduce the trade deficit. Using only half that dreamed-of $150 billion peace dividend in the year 2000 for deficit reduction would still boost the economy...