Word: billioned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...change occurred in the last months of 1958. British manufactured exports leveled off to about $7.5 billion, while the Germans reached and passed this point, reported the London Observer's Economic Editor Andrew Shonfield...
CASH DIVIDENDS of $387 million were paid out by U.S. corporations in February, $10.6 million more than February 1958. Managements have paid out $1.26 billion in dividends so far this year, up 2½% from last year...
...Commercial loans, which have been running slower than expected, rose $46 million, to $29 billion in early March, $8,000,000 above the year-earlier total...
CONSTRUCTION BOOM of $630 billion in next decade is seen by ARCHITECTURAL FORUM, building magazine. It predicts $75 billion a year in 1968, 53% over...
...major indicators of U.S. economic health, manufacturers' inventories were the last to turn around. Last week the Commerce Department reported that manufacturers, cutting down their inventories since October 1957, have begun to build them up again. Their stocks climbed $300 million to $49.5 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis. The backlog of unfilled orders in January totaled $47.6 billion, a gain of $800 million over December. The turn came just about when Government economists expected; they expect that inventories will continue to climb at a moderate pace for the rest of the year...