[Work to eliminate] math anxiety, ... so many students who clearly demonstrate impressive verbal or other conceptual skills find mathematical procedures intimidating. |
A continuation of this trend would soon make the lack of refining capacity a binding constraint on growth in oil use, ... lagging. |
a continued solid expansion. |
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A further rise [in fuel prices] could cut materially into private spending and thus damp the rate of economic expansion. |
A good part of this expansion is a direct function of the decline in real equity premiums. That cannot go on indefinitely. |
A gradual reduction over time of the GSE portfolios should be a non-event to investors and market participants, other than GSE shareholders, |
a process that has undoubtedly improved national productivity growth and standards of living. |
A significant amount of consumption is driven by capital gains on some combination of both stocks and residences, |
A slowing in the rate of inventory liquidation will induce a rise in industrial production if demand for those products is stable or is falling only moderately, ... That rise in production will, other things being equal, increase household income and spending. |
Administrative protection in the form of antidumping suits and countervailing duties is a case in point, |
After the fact, we will look back on the Enron episode as a period when we put corporate governance back on track, ... That is favorable to the long-term outlook. If it were going to have significant impact on the economy in the short run, we'd already be seeing it, and we are not. |
All I would say is that when you're getting out that far, there will be lots of adjustments, |
Although household spending should continue to trend up, the potential for significant acceleration in activity in this sector is likely to be more limited than in past cycles, |
Although I doubt that the U.S. dollar will lose its status as the world's reserve currency any time soon, there are in my judgment lessons to be learned from the experience of (Britain's currency) as it faded as the world's dominant currency, |