Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most cities, the cab companies are pressing for an average boost of 30% in fares. Several cities are about ready to grant the increases. But the prospect of higher fares poses a new worry: how many of the "marginal" customers (i.e., those who consider cabs a luxury) will continue to use them...
...just a little deflation. Treasury Secretary John Snyder upped to 1¼% the 1⅛% interest rate on short-term Government bonds. lie expected, rightly, that banks would follow the example and raise interest rates, thereby curbing the inflationary expansion of credit. By midweek, some bankers announced plans to boost basic lending rate from 1¾% to 2% (for borrowers with the highest credit rating) and to adjust other rates accordingly...
...Shakeup. Ford also denied the possibility of a slump: "How can you be pricing yourself out of the market when your car is selling in used-car lots at a premium of from $500 to $1,000?" But Ford's own figures showed that each new price boost caused a significant shakeup in orders-with prospective Lincoln buyers shifting to Mercurys, Mercury prospects to Fords, Ford customers to used cars...
...that narrow profit margins can easily be erased by a sudden rise in costs, Lee Skirt snips all possible corners. It has dodged style changes by concentrating on "what most women want most of the time." By ordering in volume, it gets a steady supply of good fabrics which boost sales and eliminate costly returns because of imperfections. To avoid waste motion, production has been so simplified that, says Carl, "our employees can work blindfolded." Lee Skirt treats its 50-odd employees well, and except for oral agreements on wage boosts has never had to alter its nine-year...
...Boost into Black. U.S. railroads, which had received a 21.4% temporary freight-rate increase since last October, got the increase made permanent by the Interstate Commerce Commission. ICC also added a new 1.2% boost (about $67.4 million a year), much less than the additional 5.6% the railroads had asked. Nevertheless, the roads were feeling a lot better. Example: in June, the Pennsylvania netted some $8,000,000, almost triple the May profit. It was enough to wipe out four previous months of red ink and put the road in the black for the half year...