Even modest reductions in recidivism could yield huge savings.
We expect modest reductions in consensus forecasts to take account of currency movements.
Even modest reductions will be difficult to achieve, and will be costly.
Dr. Chirinko said his own studies had found that tax increases caused real but modest reductions in corporate investment.
Mr. Gore is expected to announce on Wednesday his support for modest reductions in the federal estate tax to help farmers and small-business owners.
Stadium parking, which cost $10 last season, will be free, the team said, and ticket and concession prices have undergone modest reductions.
But the assessment that General Petraeus is preparing to deliver next month is likely to call for at most modest reductions in troop levels by next spring.
The European commission says savings of well over €30-35bn (£22-£25bn £22-£25bn in healthcare costs could be made from quite modest reductions in greenhouse gases.
Tax cuts that large are more likely to encourage people to work harder and entrepreneurs to take more risks than Mr. Bush's relatively modest reductions.
The concerted effort worked, and around the beginning of the year, influential politicians began to question the postal ministry's arguments for only modest reductions in the connection fees.
Nor do they say how they would overcome the health care industry lobby, which has blocked proposals for even modest reductions in Medicare payment rates.
