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the federal tax code The standard deduction is an alternative to itemized deductions taxpayers must pick one or the other In an economist s language the standard deduction is the opportunity cost of taking...motivate a quicker return to work requiring that beneficiaries go to their local unemployment office to pick up benefits and connect with case management services and loosening the conditions for acceptable...second half of the year Even excluding volatile food and energy prices the staff expected inflation to pick up to around 2 percent more than most FOMC members thought was acceptable 26 Bernanke did not completely...

and energy conservation to effectively engage in industrial engineering policies which attempt to pick winning and losing industries and technologies Governments have a very poor record at best in picking...

the second quarter of 2007 Therefore it is possible that the price forecasts we have used will not pick up all of the likely housing price declines over the near term To account for this possibility we...

and energy conservation to effectively engage in industrial engineering policies which attempt to pick winning and losing industries and technologies Governments have a very poor record at best in picking...

of 2 percent in the non farm business sector and 4 percent in the manufacturing sector This recent pick up in productivity growth has enabled workers to enjoy larger wage gains without putting upward pressure...changes in the rate of wage growth which are then passed on to prices The wage Phillips Curves should pick up the effect of mismeasured inflation on wages directly In both sets of tests the CPI UXI was used...

tended to have a heavier reliance on farming and mining than the other countries Despite the recent pick up in the California economy 29 percent of all Western counties experienced almost no per capita income...

created a damaging cycle a lack of sufficient workers means those with jobs have to work harder to pick up the slack but that leads to more unhappy workers more people quitting their jobs increased instances...most other major ports do and California s pro union AB5 law limits the supply of truckers who can pick up and deliver the cargo to predominantly unionized truckers By directly subsidizing unions and enacting...

returns depend upon beta But even for active portfolios where properly diversified investors try to pick stocks that will deliver superior returns between 75 and 90 of returns will still be based on beta...

limiting markets for U S goods though there have been positive signs that growth in those economies will pick up The global risks of terrorism and unrest in the Middle East also remain Despite our nation s challenges...

percentage of the federal liability 16 percent for estates over about 10 million Most states collect a pick up tax on the estate based on the dollar amount of the federal credit as reported on the federal estate...will effectively eliminate estate and inheritance taxes for most states as well State revenue from pick up and independent estate taxes amounted to 7 5 billion in fiscal year 1999 In most states this revenue...