Word: billion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Inventory liquidation slowed to an annual rate of $8 billion in the second quarter-not good, but better than the first quarter's $8.8 billion rate of cutback...
...Construction contracts for the second quarter climbed 5%, bringing the six-month total to $16.8 billion, only 1% less than...
...Mortgage loans at savings and loan associations rose $1.1 billion in June, the highest total since August...
FIRE LOSSES in U.S. are running more than 5% above last year's $1 billion record, are getting to be major problem for insurance companies. Property values and construction totals are both going up, which means heavier claims...
...publicized, sales have come back to hit a new record this year (see chart). Smokers worried about tar and nicotine pushed filters, with their "thousands of filter traps," to 38.5% of the market last year, will increase the percentage to 45% of a market that promises to top $5 billion...