11.   Bloomberg plans to postpone capital projects, putting off many so that the city can reduce interest payments over the next few years.

12.   Both countries have cut social programs, but they also benefited from a big decline in interest rates, which reduced their payments on government debt.

13.   A recession would also change those estimates as a slowing economy reduced tax payments and increased the cost of government spending on programs such as unemployment.

14.   Adding to these problems, government officials have said that they planned to reduce Medicare payments for physical therapy and a number of other services.

15.   But he said they could offset most of the lower premiums by reducing payments to doctors and hospitals compensated on a per-person basis.

16.   But lobbyists for nursing homes said the quality of care would suffer because many states would reduce Medicaid payments to such homes.

17.   But money that goes to tax cuts reduces debt payments and increases interest costs for the government.

18.   But some life insurers are now canceling policies or reducing payments to beneficiaries when they find a smoker was insured as a nonsmoker.

19.   Congress has demanded that U.S. payments be reduced before all debts are settled, an issue that is now being discussed by other member nations.

20.   Creditors have agreed to take back aircraft, reduce payments and modify loan terms.