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...Labor Department announced that the cost of living dropped a tenth of a point on the consumer price index in December. Commissioner of Labor Statistics Ewan Clague said he expects no substantial changes in the index over the next few months, but feels that it might rise about 1% during...
...prices are virtually stable. During November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced, the cost-of-living index rose only 0.1%, but that was still enough to edge it to an alltime high of 125.6% of the 1947-49 average. But Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Ewan Clague predicted that during the early months of 1960 the index would show little change from the November 1959 level...
...Bridal Path (British Lion; Kings-ley-Union). "What signifies the life o' man," sang Bobby Burns, "An' 'twere na for the lasses, 0?" The question is askit o' Ewan McEwan (Bill Travers), a couthie young crofter o' Beigg, by the carlies o' that Scottish isle, an' afore the braw laddie can say tapsalteerie he's awa' to the mainland tae hilch himsel' a wife. He haes his courtin' orders: nae Campbells, nae Catholics, and nae lassies from Erismore Isle. An' he haes the cantie assistance...
From Labor Statistics Commissioner Ewan Clague came the assurance that the sharp swing upward in food prices only represented a seasonal phenomenon, but there was no suggestion of relief anywhere else. It was just like being pecked to death by gnats, observed a Los Angeles homeowner. "No single bite hurts too much, but you itch all over all the time...
Productivity in steel, explained Commissioner of Labor Statistics Ewan Clague, traditionally varies more widely with the business cycle than in other industries. Steel productivity dips sharply with a business slump, because production drops faster than layoffs. Productivity comes back quickly when business recovers, because production rises faster than new employment. As steel production has rebounded from last year's recession low, said Clague, productivity has climbed steeply...