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6 Conversely, the rate of economic growth helps determine the overall federal surplus or deficit through its effect on federal revenue and spending.
Then you have to divide the import side of the trade deficit ledger into non-commodity and commodity goods, particularly since oil-price hikes had a big impact in the last month.
apoe gene, who are asymptomatic, but at risk for Alzheimer's disease have been shown to have a specific deficit in orienting of attention that is in the same direction as the Alzheimer's patients [ 28 ] . Other studies using endophenotypic measures of attention have linked variation in the chrna7 gene with sensorimotor gating performance [ 29 ] and variation in the drd4 gene with attention deficits [ 30 ] . However, the tasks used in these studies have not generally involved either the orienting network alone, or the task involves an undefined combination of different networks.
The piece explains, as does the WP , that the budget deficit projections for 2002 have dropped so much because of the strong economy that it won't take much incremental change to balance the budget for that target year, which of course won't mean much if the bill's tax cuts then "explode in cost down the road."
Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez threw six no-hit innings in the final game against Cleveland to make the Red Sox only the fourth team ever to overcome a two-game deficit in the playoffs' first round.