Word: lyle
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...reduction could dampen the economy in the short run, many experts argue that a smaller deficit would reduce the danger of rising inflation and encourage the Federal Reserve to let interest rates fall. "I would have preferred to see the deficit attacked earlier, when + the economy was stronger," says Lyle Gramley, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association and a former Federal Reserve governor. "But we ought to take the risk of doing what is needed for the long-run health of the economy...
...team's fans, disappointment was the rule rather than the exception. At the time, in my youthful zeal, my fist would punish a nearby chair, the floor or even my own thigh at the sight of a Sox miscue. After the season, I almost could not finish Sparky Lyle's The Bronx Zoo, which painstakingly recounted and reveled in the 1978 tragedy...
...mark as a shrewd operator in the record-and-video distribution business. He founded his own video- and music-software distribution company, Live Entertainment Inc., and joined the board of directors of Carolco Pictures Inc., producer of the Rambo films. The couple and their two athletically gifted sons, Joseph Lyle, 22, and Erik Galen, 19, were described as a handsome, happy family, often seen playing tennis and other sports together...
...deficit, since spending cuts could aggravate the slowdown. Unfortunately, a decade of annual budget deficits of more than $100 billion has shifted the burden of controlling the economy almost completely to the Federal Reserve Board. "The problem is that we have only monetary policy to rely on," says Lyle Gramley, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association and a former Fed governor. "It would be wonderful if we had a $100 billion budget surplus, so that we could have a small tax cut to stimulate the economy instead of having to rely on interest rates...