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...manageable, are reaching dangerous proportions. Even if the rate of debt expansion is substantially slowed soon, the total amount of the obligations will continue to increase to even more formidable levels. The costs of making payments on the debt will increase dramatically into the 1990s, leading to a significant slowdown in improvements in the U.S. standard of living...
...sudden loss of confidence, said De Vries, could send the dollar into a steep fall. A plunge in the dollar could ignite a run-up of interest rates and a recession. Said De Vries: "It's going to take a miracle to solve this problem without a really significant slowdown in the U.S. economy, but I don't think it's around the corner...
...response to the economic slowdown, the Japanese government has recently taken steps to bolster growth. The plan was set forth last April in a report that called for Japan to restructure its economy to be less dependent on exports. The government announced in September a $23 billion economic package to stimulate growth through increased allocations for public works and housing subsidies. In late October the central Bank of Japan cut its discount rate, the interest charged on loans to commercial banks, from 3.5% to 3%. It was the fourth cut this year. Officials are now studying tax reforms to spark...
...atmosphere of near panic that gripped insiders at the height of the investigation has subsided, but the probe seems to be having lasting effects. Surveys have shown a definite slowdown in the trading of stock of major corporate takeover targets immediately before the announcement of merger bids...
...discount rate at which it lends to member banks a half-point, to 5 1/2%, its lowest level in nine years. That should encourage further interest-rate cuts by the banks. The Reagan Administration and many private economists still expect a second-half pickup. Right now, though, the slowdown has presented policymakers with a painful dilemma. According to the latest Government forecasts, the federal deficit will total $163.4 billion during the fiscal year that begins this October, about $20 billion above the target set by the Gramm-Rudman law. But some economists fear that new cuts of even $10 billion...