I paid my bills.

I have bills to pay.

Tom refused to pay his bills.

I pay my bills on time.

I usually pay my bills on time.

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You should've paid your bills on time.

Tom reminded me to pay my bills.

The US current account deficit and the Asian surplus will shrink.

Tom had to pawn his guitar in order to pay his bills.

So, who will pay the bill eventually? The moment official intervention is required, everyone runs for cover.

So, who will pay the bill eventually?

The last thing we want to do is to forget to pay our bills.

Tom had barely enough money to pay his bills last month.

In other words, home authorities are left to pick up the tab when things go wrong.

Why, then, should ordinary taxpayers foot the bill to bail out the financial industry?

9. Notes with appreciation the recommendation to consolidate the reports of the Secretary General on the accounts of the United Nations and its funds and programmes in a single report A 58 114, appendix, para. 7.

WMPs were commonly marketed to individuals as alternatives to deposit accounts. But the funds contributed were then invested in riskier assets that included trust loans to companies such as property developers.

Taxpayers in debtor countries, such as Mexico, picked up the tab.

WMPs were commonly marketed to individuals as alternatives to deposit accounts.

However, taxable income in the sector is still growing at a slower rate than gross income as measured by national accounts.

America s current account balance the surplus of imports over exports is now in deficit to the tune of 3 of GDP.

When companies are fined for malfeasance, their shareholders, not their CEOs and managers, pay the price.

It has not settled the issue of the crimes against humanity that it committed in the twentieth century.

Then he sent for the money lender and the Englishman, and allotted what money he had among the different bills.

Will the United States ever face a bill for the string of massive trade deficits that it has been running for more than a decade?

If they can t find another job to pay the bills after their release, they re likely to end up back in prison.

Equally important, a desirable global scenario is possibly one in which most developing countries run current account deficits.

No doubt quite a few of them would have trouble paying the astronomical costs of American health care bills without government assistance.

Indeed, more than 20 years on, Western Germans still see no end in sight for the bills from German unification.

This pact would monitor current account imbalances and penalize excessive deficits or surpluses in the external account.

A vicious circle of public finance deficits, current account gaps, worsening external debt dynamics, and stagnating growth can then set in.

High saving Asian households and dollar hoarding foreign central banks produced a global savings glut, which pushed real interest rates into negative territory, in turn stoking the US housing bubble while sending financiers on ever riskier ventures with borrowed money.

Macroeconomic policymakers could have gotten their act together and acted in time to unwind those large and unsustainable current account imbalances.

So long as a national government is not running more than a modest deficit, a current account deficit reflects the private sector s borrowing from abroad (or the sale of previously accumulated foreign assets).

But, when the music stops, it is the home regulator, and the home central bank, that picks up the tab, even if the losses were incurred elsewhere.

Moreover, there is a direct relationship between the EMU countries private sector debt dynamics and their current account imbalances within the euro zone.

One problem the poor often have in accumulating savings is lack of easy access to savings accounts where they can deposit money. The money is kept in a tin at home, and is easily spent when a neighbor is in difficulty, or the ne er do well cousin comes calling.

The decline will likely be sustained by the substantial US current account deficit, which found in Bernanke s cuts the spark it needed to make its impact fully felt in foreign exchange markets.

One problem the poor often have in accumulating savings is lack of easy access to savings accounts where they can deposit money.

Monitoring external balances can be an effective tool to measure future default risks, since sustained current account deficits lead to a growth in net foreign debt. Moreover, there is a direct relationship between the EMU countries private sector debt dynamics and their current account imbalances within the euro zone.

Monitoring external balances can be an effective tool to measure future default risks, since sustained current account deficits lead to a growth in net foreign debt.

Indeed, she espoused a rigorous philosophy about borrowing The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time.

Badly regulated banking sectors, feeble market structures, and weak competition, as well as trade and current account restrictions, were also among the shortcomings identified.

This lifted manufactured exports around the world and kept inflation down, which in turn boosted demand for energy and raw materials from the developing world, pushing up commodity prices and benefiting many poor countries. The savings generated in East Asia and the major oil exporters have increased global liquidity, helping to finance the US current account deficit, which has now reached unprecedented levels.