Word: modestly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ability to avoid attention comes from its success in smoothing over the sharp edges of its image. On the economic front, China has permitted capitalism to grow beyond long-standing black markets, though these changes have mostly in urban areas. Its "Iron Curtain" is punctured by a continuous if modest flow of emigrants to the United States and Canada. Students also leave China to study in the West; those that return often become important in modernization efforts...
...remains modest about his talent, preferring instead to focus on the team he now captains...
...Institute. Allen Sinai, chief economist of Boston Co. Economic Advisors, thinks that nearly half the current deficit is due to an underperforming economy, which results in lost tax receipts and extra spending on unemployment. Moving too sharply to balance the budget would "pour salt on the wound," he says. "Modest budget restraint is the best way to go, so that the recovery is not sacrificed...
When the bulls are running, that's all well and good. But what happens if the market heads south, in the kind of correction some analysts think might happen soon? Much of the money that has flooded into mutual funds could flood back out, transforming an otherwise modest correction into a rout. "The money that's in there is nervous money," frets Rubin Bergay, a retired Anaheim, California, engineer who is heavily invested in funds. "There's no doubt the interest in funds is governed by the low CD rates, and I'm very concerned that investors will take...
Many risk-averse investors continue to cling to CDs, which still hold $1.2 trillion in cash. "I wouldn't say people are nuts to have money in CDs," notes a staff member with the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "The government guarantee is worth something. A family of extremely modest means should have three months of savings to meet immediate cash needs in an emergency. There's nothing wrong with keeping them liquid and guaranteed...