Most economists view these rates of national saving as an important factor in the strong economic performance of the late 1990s. It is difficult to know exactly what the deficit path would have been in the absence of the BEA. But budget experts generally believe that the BEA did help to reduce deficits. How?
On the other hand AMCM proactively participates in the work of the trans-departmental AML working unit which was founded in 2001.