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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Said C. Fred Bergsten, director of Washington's Institute for International Economics: "This year's meeting will be a love feast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Little Unexpected Optimism | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

...American money markets closed for a long Memorial Day weekend, concerns about the jittery financial markets remained. C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Washington-based Institute for International Economics, said that the rumors about Manufacturers Hanover "show again how fragile and nervous the markets are." Moreover, the worries about banking are not limited to the U.S. They also involve the whole international financial system. Next week President Reagan and the heads of the world's leading industrial countries will hold their annual economic summit conference in London. After the banking troubles of the past two weeks, they have plenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bad Case of the Jitters | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...cutback drew fire both internationally and at home. Said Sven Burmester, a World Bank expert on sub-Sahara Africa: "This means that people will starve." Declared C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, a Washington-based think tank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cheap Shot | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...been all but relentless. Its value has increased 105% in relation to the French franc, 53% against the West German mark and 50% against the British pound. Now America's currency is about 25% too strong for its own good, according to such experts as C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, and Otto Eckstein, chairman of Massachusetts-based Data Resources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Big a Bang for the Buck | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

Because the American steel industry has been shielded from competition, companies that buy its product pay artificially high prices. That is one reason, economists point out, for the auto industry's troubles, since it is one of the heaviest steel users. Says C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington: "In the long run, jobs saved by protection of one industry tend to be offset by the loss of jobs in other industries." In the short run, protectionism is a big contributor to inflation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Economy | 5/30/1983 | See Source »

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