Word: modestly
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Some council members suggest more modest andinternal proposals to alleviate the problems ofdeadweight...
Clinton's first budget does represent the boldest attempt in more than a decade to get a grip on federal spending and bring down the budget deficit. Under the Administration's optimistic numbers, 1995 outlays would rise a modest 2.3% above those of 1994. Under Reagan and Bush, by contrast, federal spending jumped an average of 6.3% a year. Moreover, the budget would cut government spending to 21.6% of the country's gross domestic product, the lowest level since 1979. And the deficit would shrink to just 2.1% of GDP by 1999, down from 4% when Clinton took office...
Oxman said that American private investment in Eastern European markets had been modest, and that both sides benefit from increased American contributions...
...healthy economy that can keep profits and incomes rising and a strong stream of revenues flowing into government coffers. In moving to raise interest rates last week, the Federal Reserve wagered in effect that an increase now would prevent the economy from overheating and maintain inflation at its current modest level of about 3%. That combination of sustainable growth and stable prices could be a deficit buster's best friend...
...appointment, fraught with symbolism, has thus far proved to be disappointing. There have been some modest accomplishments. Under Reno, the Justice Department has liberalized the release of information under the Freedom Of Information Act. She supported legislation which made it a felony to obstruct access to an abortion clinic...