Word: surplus
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...team’s success—falls into the sure hands of wide receiver Plaxico Burress.While it is often tempting to root for the Dark Side, most of us relate better to the redeeming qualities of the underdog who compensates for a lack of talent with a surplus of heart and determination. Most of us respect someone like Burress—the Giants’ best receiver all season despite his inability to practice because of a bum ankle—more than someone like the Patriots’ Rodney Harrison—a player whose desire...
Once TV broadcasters have vacated the 700 MHz band for more efficient digital signals, which take up less bandwidth, the FCC will repurpose the surplus analog spectrum for wireless devices. The auction consists of five blocks of licenses to be sold off in pieces - ranging from rights to various regional networks to sprawling nationwide ones - each set at a minimum bid. The process could take weeks or even months and is likely to pull in about $15 or $20 billion for the federal government. Carriers wishing to offer new wireless services are currently running into spectrum shortages - one reason...
...likely to get worse. This is largely because the country's spectacular economic boom is driven by a self-sustaining flywheel of rapid productivity gains and increasing profits, which generates excess capital that is in turn invested in more manufacturing capacity. This is why the country's trade surplus with the rest of the world has been rising at an alarming pace, growing nearly 50% to a record $262 billion last year (although the trade gap narrowed in the final three months of 2007). Because many Chinese companies are awash with cash, traditional policies aimed at slowing investment growth, such...
...pressure for faster appreciation of the yuan out of concern that such action will slow the economy and reduce employment. But policymakers also know their stance is fueling trade frictions and that exchange-rate appreciation is not always bad for job creation. A stronger currency could ease the trade surplus and fight domestic inflation. It could also help the country reduce its reliance on low-end manufacturing; a mightier yuan would encourage the development of higher value-added businesses and service industries, which have lagged manufacturing but hold greater promise for long-term job creation...
...catch is that the surplus was invested in U.S. government bonds, to be cashed in later to keep the by-then-elderly boomers afloat. These bonds are simply claims on future U.S. taxpayers, and they're coming due. The Social Security surplus peaked in 2000, at 0.91% of GDP. It has held steady for the past couple of years but is expected to start shrinking fast in 2011. By 2017, Social Security should begin to run a deficit, one that's projected to grow sharply through the mid-2030s...