A large part of the national debt, in fact, is "debt service," in which the U.S. Treasury pays interest on securities held by the Federal Reserve.
The major objectives of the workshop are to promote communications among APEC economies' food security researchers and experts, build interest on food security strategies, enhance research capacity and offer policy recommendations to improve food security.
A "The law that allows for the fee is imprecise and was enacted at a time when interest rates on security deposits were above 1 percent," said Robert Sokolski, a Manhattan lawyer who represents tenants.
The short-seller of an interest-bearing security must reach into his pocket to pay the interest on the security he has sold.
But Max Richtman, acting chief executive officer of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, worries that the government might decide not to fund the interest on Social Security's bonds, which would leave the program short of funds.
Q I recently received a check for what was described as interest on my security deposit.
Every year I ask my landlord to pay me the interest on my security deposit.
I have received a formal notice from a bank saying that I received $33.45 in interest on my security deposit.
Ms. Hirsch said her office would not take a position on whether landlords can go beyond the interest on a security account to get their fee.
"We have received a handful of inquiries from tenants concerning payment of interest on their security deposits," said Marcia Hirsch, general counsel to the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which oversees rent regulation.
