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USSR 166 A New Strategy for Foreign Aid 170 X NA TIONAL SECURITY AND THE DEFENSE BUDGET 175 U S Strategic Interests in the Post Cold War Environment 176 Understanding 1990s Threats to U S Interests 177...500 600 Net Assets 700 8170 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990e Sources U S Department of Commerce estimates Data Resources Inc e Estimate The steady deterioration in America s net asset position poses a number of...by an equally steady increase in the years following The data shown in the chart may even understate the problem of growing inequality The data come from the Census Bureau which counts all those with incomes...

defenses against future recessions more rapid economic growth and balance of payments equilibrium The data and analysis presented provide the necessary background for the understanding and appraisal of both...ECONOMIC REPORT CHART 3 YIELDS ON U S GOVERNMENT SEWRITIES I I T T I 6 4 1952 1954 1956 Source Based on data from Federal Reserve Bulletin 1958 1960 1962 CHART 4 RATES CHARGED BY BANKS ON SHORT TERM LOANS TO...I A 1 LL I I j PRIME It TE 0 I I I I I I 1 6 5 3 I I I I I I I I 0 1952 1954 1956 Source Based on data from Federal Reserve Bulletin 1958 1960 1962 1962 JOINT ECONOMIC REPORT 15 On the other hand interest...

not adequate for the burden of public and private policy formu lation that it must carry Our price data must guide monetary fiscal and employment policies and they must measure the standard of living of...Executive Branch to apply those guide posts to particular important industries by assembling and analyzing data from both government and nongovernment sources on prices productivity output inputs wages and incomes...and transportation industries are vital to the public interest but are characterized by inadequate data rising costs and disorganization The Government should act as catalyst to indirectly prevent or minimize...

In drawing up its present report the committee has had the benefit of an unusually large variety of data and analyses occasioned by the rather infrequent circumstance that analyses and programs of both an...Weekly Figures Latest data plotted March 12 End of Month Figures on 60 90 Day Treasury Bills Latest data plotted March preliminary t Monthly Averages of Daily Figures Latest data plotted March preliminary...Stock 12A Z A 10 He I 5 1 I 1957 1958 1959 1960 Includes Gold in Exchange Stabilization Fund Latest data plottedt Gold Stock March estimated Free Gold February Claims Liabilities January Source Prepared...

distribution particularly on an after tax and after Government transfer basis Additional research and better data are needed on this subject During the past 2 years the rate of inflation has been far in excess of...those guideposts to important industries This office could be charged with assembling and analyzing data from all available sources on prices productivity output inputs wages and incomes In its activities...information concerning the composition of unemployment among various groups and areas and to seek data on those people who are not working and are not included in the unemployment statistics 35 36 A recent...

used to compute the poverty rate relies on consumption Proeng the Well Being of dte Least Well Off PT data from the mid 1950s and is in need of an update to reflect todays needs more accurately These continuing...a Share of GNP 3C7 1 32 32X X Japan 30 28X 26 24 22 20 16 14 TISI 1975 1981 1984 1987 1990 Souire Data Resources Inc But gross investment includes replacement of old capital as well as net additions to...of Dollars 0 50 1 0 0 150 0 500 1 000 X 1 500 2000 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2000 Source Data Resources Inc We are now dependent upon foreign capital Without funds borrowed from abroad our domestic...

forecasters The Committee examined in detail long term projections of three major forecasting firms Data Resources Inc DRI Chase Econometrics and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates Each takes a longer...economy could be moving deep into recession because of fiscal policy before the required two quarters of data could be posted According to Allen Sinai Although the GRH legislation contains a trigger mechanism...United States since 1980 has lagged behind growth in compensation abroad Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS data indicate that over the past six years real compensation for workers in manufacturing in six major...

from military to civilian production Chapter I AN ECONOMY OFF TRACK In examining a broad range of data on past and present performance the Committee finds strong evidence that the American economy has...older than Japan s p 93 As the quotation suggests 1979 is the last year for which we have comparable data on the relative age of the capital stock Yet gross invest ment trends suggest strongly that the capital...diminished work opportunities for our citizens Chapter I AN ECONOW OFF TRACK 7 8 1992 ANNUAL REPORT The data in both of these figures define investment very broadly A closer look at the details of investment...

While national foreclosure and delinquency rates are telling an examination of local level foreclosure data reveals that the subprime lending woes are affecting some states and cities much more than others...getting hit the hardest by subprime troubles Using state and city level foreclosure and delinquency data provided to the Joint Economic Committee by RealtyTrac and First American LoanPerformance the following...Chairman Sheltering Neighborhoods from the Subprime Foreclosure Storm 5 According to RealtyTrac s data for 2006 states in the Midwest Ohio Michigan Illinois and Indiana the South and West Sun Belt Florida...

generation faces a number of uncertainties that may leave them less prepared for retirement than what the data would suggest The U S retirement system has traditionally been described as a three legged stool made...in defined benefit pension plans and substitution of defined contribution plans means that survey data may understate the wealth of previous generations relative to boomers This is because the value of...