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...just 3.9% in April, its lowest level in three decades. This persistent lack of idleness sent shivers up the spines of FOMC members, who fear that tight labor markets will lead to inflationary wage increases. To make matters worse, from a Fed perspective, the economy expanded at a brisk 5.4% clip in the recent first quarter, well above the presumed 3.5% to 4% "speed limit" that many economists have viewed as the upper range for growth without inflation...
Wall Street may be sounding a collective "Are we there yet?" to Alan Greenspan. The NASDAQ tumbled to its low point for the year Monday, losing more than 5 percent of its value in a brisk sell-off that also took the Dow down more than 250 points before both markets recovered in late-afternoon trading - the Dow finishing down 84 points down and the Nasdaq shedding 26.2 points. While analysts struggled to pinpoint a precise reason for the market's stormy Monday, the specter of more interest-rate hikes was a recurring theme, particularly in light of record trade...
...rules of the sea but honoring every war-epic cliche about guts under pressure, Lieut. Matthew McConaughey and his team give a demonstration of old-fashioned mechanical virtuosity--of people doing difficult things well, including things they never thought they could. The sub is really a time machine: this brisk, not-quite-plausible thriller returns us to a time when men were men and movies were shorter...
...know for sure what, if anything, estrogen can do for the heart, you should focus on what we know can help preserve good health. First of all, if you smoke, stop. And exercise regularly; even if you're averse to strenuous activity, you can help yourself by taking a brisk 30-min. walk at least four days a week. Find out by a visit to the doctor if you have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and, if so, start treatment. Most important, don't be spooked by interim reports from unfinished studies or by breathless accounts about them...
Despite its preordained finale, Carolina Moon builds a commendably brisk narrative energy and pace. Roberts' prose does not invite lingering. In fact, reading fast is the best way to get past such locutions as "Her breath came in pants" or this anatomically puzzling account of Tory and Cade together in bed for the first time: "His mouth all but savaged hers, ripping down to her gut with one jagged and panicked thrill...