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...interest rates along with the U.S. The Japanese economy has been growing at a 4% rate over the past six months, and could face ! inflationary pressures. The West Germans, traditionally fearful of even a whiff of inflation, might boost interest rates to guard against price rises. If many countries tighten up at the same time, the dollar will be no less vulnerable than...
...doesn't seem likely that this change will actually attract more concentrators to the department. Instead, it will simply allow those students already planning to major in Economics to pursue an easier course of study. This development directly contradicts the wiser move of three years ago to tighten the requirements for economics, which was often accused of being a gut major...
...party's over! Time to tighten our belts, America. With a little bipartisan compromise and self-sacrifice, we can bring down the deficits," say Wall Street's investment bankers and stock brokers...
...Tighten mortgage-interest deductibility. Deductions could be disallowed for mortgage interest payments in excess of $20,000 a year for a joint return and $12,000 for an individual. The second-home mortgage deduction could be eliminated. $1.8 billion...
...effort to crack down, Bennett proposed in December to make institutions with default rates that are consistently over 20% ineligible for federally backed student loans. Last week he called on Congress to tighten standards for organizations that accredit trade schools, and ban loans to students who lack high school diplomas or equivalency degrees...