"That's somebody who we would try ... because they were current before the adjustment, to go back to that original rate, and fix it at that for the rest of the term, " del Rio says.

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Before that, increases had been automatic since the adjustment had been enacted in 1975.

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The report merely repeats what it has said before - that "greater near-term flexibility in the path of fiscal adjustment should be considered in the light of lacklustre private demand".

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It requires no manual adjustment before March 1, 2100, since century years are an exception to the four-year cycle governing leap years.

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Before we dismiss the regional-spending arguments though, consider the chicken and the egg aspect of the risk-adjustment process.

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