That's $800 more in the bank, and $800 less wanted on pointless interest payments.

这意味着在银行多存了800美元，而在无谓的利息支付上少了800美元。

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That is far less likely to happen if Congress also adopts strong "pay-go" rules requiring that any increase in payments to providers be offset by new taxes or budget cuts.

如果国会也采取强硬的“现收现付”规则，要求用新的税收或预算削减来抵消增加的支付给供应商的费用，这种情况发生的可能性就会小得多。

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Visa and several large banks are testing mobile-payment programs that allow consumers to make contact-less payments with an existing smartphone equipped with a special chip card and antenna.

WSJ: Google Pursues Role in Mobile Payments

Without running a bigger surplus, Argentina will find it hard to meet even the payments on its non-defaulted local debt, much less renew payments on the rest.

ECONOMIST: Argentina

The committee generally also studies another monthly indicator of economy-wide activity, personal income less transfer payments, in real terms, adjusted for price changes.

CNN: The Business-Cycle Peak of March 2001