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When economic conditions permit, states should accumulate budget reserves adequate to maintain services during recessions. The use of rainy-day funds should be restricted to times when revenues adjusted for inflation decline.
The process of restoring the balance of rainy-day funds should be made more automatic. Governments could earmark a specified fraction of current revenue for this purpose.
