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Soc Sec XXXVIII: Financing Shortfall

…interest is still accrued on the Trust Fund balances, but shortfall does mark the point that cash transfers have to be made from the General Fund to pay a portion…

Soc Sec XXXV: Monthly Trust Fund Reports

…is subject to revision. But there is one measure that can be tracked with precision: Trust Fund cash balances which are reported to the penny by the Treasury Department with…

Hello My Name is Robert Waldmann

…more severe dynamic inconsistency would hold less of their wealth as checking account balances, because it is too easy to spend. This appears to actually be true (Oh I love…

Point Counter-point

…lines and Hedge funds who used BSC’s prime brokerage business drawing down their balances. BSC had the weakest liquidity position of the major brokers and couldn’t raise cash fast enough…

More info for saving Michigan and Ohio

…breakup (forcing single parents to work with grossly inadequate childcare arrangements), while productivity increases fade and international competitiveness and trade balances deteriorate, we can ask, “Is this progress?” He then…

Credit

…the total outstanding principal balances owed to the trusts on credit cards that were issued by banks such as Bank of America and Capital One and for retailers like Home…

Capital Flows into the US

The BEA released its estimate of the US current account balance for the third quarter of 2005: The U.S. current-account deficit–the combined balances on trade in goods and services, income,…