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                           Address by                         094616
                         Elmer B. Staats
            Comptroller General of the United States
                           before the
              1975 Annual International Conference
           I  National Association of Accountants
                      Anaheim, California
                         June 23, 1975

                The Federal Budget, the Economy
                         and Inflation


     We live in a world where everything is related to and affected

by everything else.  This is becoming increasingly apparent on

domestic and international fronts.

     In no area, perhaps, is the existence of interrelationships and

interactions more apparent or more important than in our very complex

economy.  Many have studied these interrelationships and interactions

in an attempt to discover useful rules by which to judge and present

state of affairs, to predict future events, and to help influence

those future events for the overall good of our society.  The rules

which have been developed are not perfect and their application  remains

more an art than a science; but they have been useful  in helping us to

understand the dynamics of the economy and ways to react when  unfore-

seen events cause us particular economic problems.

     A very powerful influence on our nation's economy  is, of course,

the Federal budget--nearly 10 percent of the Gross  National Product.

Conversely, the general state of the economy  influences the Federal

budget in several important ways.

     Through changes in revenue and expenditure levels  in the Federal

budget, substantial changes can be effected in aggregate demand,

price levels, and employment.  Selective changes  in the incidence of


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