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...jump in exports will lessen the sense of urgency over passage of trade legislation this year. The bill approved by Congress is designed to curb the deficit by forcing the White House to take stronger action against unfair ; foreign trade practices. But President Reagan has promised to veto the measure largely because it contains a provision requiring companies to give workers 60 days' notice of plant closings and mass layoffs. It appears that Democrats do not have enough votes in the Senate to override the veto, especially after the trade-report figures...
...smokers," says Ovide Pomerleau, professor of behavioral medicine at the University of Michigan. "This socially approved habit is going to go the way of the spittoon." Among Koop's recommendations: warning labels about addiction on packages of tobacco products, a ban on cigarette vending machines in order to curb availability to children and tighter regulation of tobacco sales through licensing. Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey has already introduced legislation in Congress that would require tobacco companies to print an additional caveat on their products: "Smoking is addictive. Once you start you may not be able to stop...
Inflation in Hungary reached 18.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, and its gross foreign debt has mounted steadily to a current $18 billion. Many Hungarians have complained about austerity measures imposed to curb inflation...
...abandoned, but are to be incorporated into a universal program of economic reform, designed to benefit all segments of society. Specifically, Wilson suggests a "macroeconomic policy designed to promote both economic growth and a tight labor market" combined with fiscal and monetary policies designed to curb inflation. A tight labor market would raise wages and aid the truly disadvantaged disproportionately, as increased labor force participation rates for both Black men and Black women would go far in stabilizing underclass family and community structure...
...Greenspan strives to curb prices, he will have to watch for trouble in currency markets. A further steep decline in the value of the dollar could fan inflation, since it would cause new increases in the cost of imports. Greenspan apparently hopes to avoid that by allowing a modest rise in U.S. interest rates, which will make dollar-denominated securities more attractive to foreign investors...