Word: budget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...months of this year prices rose 9 percent generally, while food prices soared 20 percent. Farmers, freed from communes by the reforms and allowed to sell their produce at market prices, are now selling record harvests and spending gains on new goods. The central government is running up a budget deficit to accomodate this consumption...
While all the Democratic presidential candidates have made the need for an improved economy and reducing the budget deficit key points in their campaign, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis is taking an alternative tack...
Though Verdier agreed that Dukakis's national plan will increase revenue, he said the actual implementation will require several years to train new employees and raise a larger budget to pay for staffers and improved IRS facilities...
...Dukakis] to suggest it is an adequate solution to the budget deficit is his way of avoiding to be specific on the issues," Gephardt said at Harvard last week. "Seven billion dollars a year in revenue is not an answer to a $163 billion deficit...
...easing interest rates, the U. S. allows the dollar to plummet against other major currencies. Although most economists agree the dollar' s fall is inevitable, it is a dangerous move that will carry a new set of economic risks. Meanwhile, the U. S. is making progress toward cutting its budget deficit and encouraging global economic coordination...