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... standard BEA and NIPA saving rate measures, a number of statistical and measurement issues have been debated in the literature on the U.S saving rate evolution The literature on the subject is rather ... without any limits and this would raise the standard of living both in the United States and abroad Of course, in reality, international capital markets are segmented and far from frictionless, and ... capital stock should (consistent with current BEA practices) dissuade analysts from using capital gains altogether Furthermore, it has been observed that a large portion of unrealized capital...
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... before it may pass data through an authenticator (AP) The time it takes for the handset to communicate with the server and wait for its authentication to be processed could be enough for call quality ... compromise call quality; after a collision, Wi-Fi retransmissions are often sent at a lower speed The basic facts about collisions and retransmissions may initially seem like a cause for alarm, ... The most widely available method is called Pairwise Master Key (PMK) caching When a station completes its initial association to an AP, a PMK is created as part of that process The PMK will then...
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... substantial contributions to the acquisition of data and supervision of data collection as well as to analyzing the behavior observation data All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... reclining parents The satisfaction with the training was assessed from mothers with the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire Administered at post-intervention only, the 13 items addressed the quality of ... problems and make these interventions broadly available to parents The Triple P system is widely spread internationally and has been well evaluated A Page of 14 recent meta-analysis by Nowak and Heinrichs...
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... result using annual data is that, on average over the past 30 years, a 100 basis point rise in the Federal funds rate has been associated with a 24 basis points rise in The standard deviation of ... dramatic shrinkage in ABS issuance Yet the crisis itself also paradoxically favoured alternative AAA-rated paper Because banks found it harder to issue unsecured debt in capital markets, they reverted ... Monday after In the years that followed, there was a substantial rise in non-ABS issuance by the US mortgage agencies The aggregate issuance of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan...
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