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...exemplary job” of writing legislation that creates jobs and transforms the economy by emphasizing innovation and education. He noted that the NIH funding would provide short-term boosts to the economy since the stimulus is designed for a two-year period. “[There is] pent up scientific demand for increased funding, and there’s the capacity to deliver quickly on quality research,” Casey said, adding that the Human Genome Project had opened many avenues for scientific inquiry but lack of funding has subsequently stymied research efforts. “Since...
...Every recession sows the seeds for its own recovery," says Ford economist Emily Kulinski-Morris. "Sales are actually below the natural replacement [rate], so there is pent up demand for new vehicles," she notes. That, of course, assumes American drivers don't grow complacent with their clunkers...
...rates of 90% - a signal to expand," Schwer explains. "And interest rates dropped, so there was readily available cash to do just that." Jan Freitag, a hotel analyst at Smith Travel Research, agrees: "There was the sense that if you build it, they will come - that there was this pent-up demand...
...life of President Obama too. After all, the Constitution envisions a strong Congress, and that's just the way committee chairmen like it. After more than a dozen years of being stymied, first by Newt Gingrich and then by George W. Bush, congressional Democrats are bursting with pent-up ambitions and long-deferred dreams. Some are epic undertakings that would affect every American for decades - like the proposal to impose a cap on carbon dioxide emissions and put a price on permits to burn fossil fuels. Or the goal of completely reorganizing the way the U.S. manages health care. Other...
Dave Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, offers some grounds for optimism. Once the downturn passes, he says, there will be a lot of pent-up demand for new more fuel-efficient vehicles. GM is feverishly working on the Chevrolet Volt, an electric car that could go a long way towards changing the way Americans think about such cars. Even Chrysler is promising to deliver seven new models...