Word: dowe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...borrowed money, Hayek started a one-man consulting firm in 1957 that developed a reputation for finding waste and mismanagement in everything from the Swiss army to the state radio. Today Hayek Engineering is a $1 billion business whose clients range from U.S. Steel and Dow Chemical to Krupp, Siemens and the Chinese government...
...emptive strike against a possible surge of inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan declared that the central bank had raised short-term rates that very day. Although Greenspan had warned earlier in the week that an increase was likely, the news sent shock waves through Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 96.24 points to close Friday at 3871.42 for the sharpest sell-off since...
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...millions of Americans who have poured a record torrent of their hard- earned cash into mutual funds, this should be the best of times. Last Thursday the Dow Jones industrial average went over 3700 for the first time ever, bearing with it the yields on many stock and bond funds. The average aggressive-growth fund has risen 29% in the past 12 months. Corporate-bond funds gained 13% overall. Commercial banks, fully aware how anemic their certificate-of-depo sit rates look in comparison, are actively luring customers into the wealth-generating world of funds. As a result, mutual funds...
...economy picked up during the summer, expanding at a 2.8% annual rate despite floods and droughts that cut agricultural output, the Commerce Department announced. Inflation sank to a 1.8% annual rate, the lowest since 1986. On the strength of that news and of strong corporate-earnings reports, the Dow Jones industrial average hit two record highs and briefly crossed the 3700 barrier...