Word: complained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Reserve Board's tight grip on the money supply, a policy designed to bring down inflation. But there is little agreement about other causes. Officials of the Fed blame ballooning budget deficits for kindling more fears about inflation and thus keeping interest rates high. Administration officials complain that the Fed's erratic control of growth in the money supply scared lenders into keeping interest rates high. Whatever the cause, most economists now agree that the unemployment rate will gradually rise into the summer, perhaps hitting 10%, before beginning to dip again. White House officials fervently hope that...
...from economic downturns. From the end of 1980 to the end of 1981 the total of discouraged grew by 150,000 to 1.2 million; that is, according to the BLS, the largest number since World War II. Some 72% of them blame market conditions for their unemployment, while 28% complain about discrimination because of race...
...Students Complain...
...abound. An American maker of aluminum baseball bats was developing a good market for his product until the Japanese softball association ruled that his bats could not be used in tournament play. Reason: the label stamped on them supposedly made them defective. Companies selling products in aerosol spray cans complain that their cans must be 25% thicker in Japan than anywhere else in the world. Moreover, the outfit that inspects the incoming aerosol products is a prime Japanese spray-can maker...
...businessmen, pressure for severe restrictions on Japanese exports will grow. Senator John Danforth of Missouri is already drafting legislation that would cut Japanese access to the U.S. market if Tokyo does not reduce its barriers. Said Danforth: "To date, our method of dealing with the Japanese has been to complain, and the complaints have had only marginal success. I think Congress is going to establish a mechanism that will provide reciprocity in trade...