Word: short
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...target, 26 states are watching sales tax fall below forecast, and 21 states are finding corporate income taxes to be less than what they expected. "State lawmakers knew that revenue growth was slowing, but no one could have foreseen just how dramatically the situation would change in a few short months," the report notes...
...stable market reducing mortgage rates to 4.5% would boost home prices by 5.2%. But this isn't a stable market. Before the announced plan, housing prices were expected to drop as much as another 20%. That means the Treasury's proposed mortgage rate cut will fall well short of stopping the continued fall in real estate prices. "All of these subsidies end up with taxpayers holding the bag," says Glaeser. "It's a terrible idea...
...Terriers threatened to pull away early in the second half, but a couple of runs allowed Harvard to keep it close, at least for a short while...
...short, we cannot, as Wal-Mart’s slogan urges us, “Save money. Live better.” What is this motto other than a consumerist reworking of “have your cake and eat it, too”? As long as we seek out goods produced on a shoestring budget halfway around the world—with all the waste and human exploitation that entails—there can be no thought of “living well...
...Most political experts expect the Minnesota election to be decided in the courts or even in the state senate. In short, it's a mess. But it's not that unusual. A look back at some similarly close - and even closer - races provides some lessons on where things might go in the Minnesota contest, the only remaining undecided 2008 Senate race. (Republican Saxby Chambliss thumped Democratic challenger Jim Martin in a Dec. 2 runoff...