Total foreign trade has increased since the 1990s, but exports have not kept pace with imports, resulting in a persistent deficit in balance of payments.
SDB children compared to matched control children had a persistent deficit at baseline and six months post adenotonsillectomy of, on average, 10 IQ points.
The health care agency, which the county spun off as a separate entity in 1999, has a persistent deficit and is running out of money.
Of particular concern is the prospect for a stagnant or declining social-sector budget in the face of a persistent deficit and financing gap.
[But] there remains a persistent deficit... something that cannot be corrected or substituted".
The difference between dup(15) autism and idiopathic autism is not limited to the persistent deficit of neuronal volume in teenagers and adults with syndromic autism.
The persistent deficit of URMs in STEM careers also validates the continued need for structured programs that create opportunities for student engagement in research activities.
Hypothyroidism is a condition of persistent deficits of TH and is diagnosed primarily by comparing an individual's level of TH and TSH to population reference ranges.
A more sensible approach is for government to engage in moderate and persistent deficits of around 3% of GDP, as has occurred in most years since federation, which allows the private sector to accumulate net assets rather than maximise leverage.
But persistent deficits of the magnitude we've had here in the U.S. have, in fact, been highly problematic, and they are a symptom of global imbalances--a savings glut, in Ben Bernanke's terminology--that have been, and remain, a serious problem for macro-economies across the globe.
Explanations of the persistent deficit in U.S. net exports of goods rest on macroeconomic developments and an asymmetry in elasticities: the income elasticity for imports being larger than the income elasticity for exports.
