61. But even though unemployment is low and demand is strong, there are almost no signs of inflation, leaving policy makers, including Greenspan, pleased but wary. 62. But Fed policy makers have indicated recently that they are leaning toward a rate increase unless the economy slows enough to dampen their concerns about inflation. 63. But government planners and policy makers, convinced that manufacturing had little future in New York, also contributed to the decline. 64. But getting economists and policy makers to analyze why oil refineries pay workers with sausages, instead of analyzing exchange rates and balanced budgets, is tough. 65. But having demonized Saddam Hussein, policy makers in Washington have demonized the Iraqi people. 66. But he has no time for conservative U.S. policy makers who want to punish Americans for recreational trips to Cuba. 67. But he said policy makers were hampered by the lack of data from rigorously controlled scientific studies. 68. But how much of this colossal effort affected or even reached policy makers? 69. But in reality, the options for policy makers are limited. 70. But he has gained a good deal of respect for aggressively pushing a reform plan that he and a team of Russian policy makers designed. |