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...take longer to solve is unemployment, which will probably stay at around 4,125,000 during the winter months, then start decreasing toward 2,500,000, which is considered about minimum unemployment. "We'll pick them up all right," says Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Ewan Clague, "but it will take us most of 1959 to do it." Part of the reason is industry's rising productivity, which is expected to continue to rise smartly next year, and which in turn will hold down prices. Inflation showed up in almost every speech by leading economists...
Goldovsky has assembled a highly capable young company of solo singers and choristers; and some of them can even act. In this production, John McCollum is as fine a Count Ory as one could want. Ewan Harbrecht, as Countess Adele, has a small but beautifully trained voice, and tosses off all her demanding fioriture with complete case. Ronald Holgate (The Tutor) has a rich bass voice; all he needs now is to strengthen his bottom register. David Smith (Raimbaud) has a pleasingly full timbre, as has Doris Okerson (Ragonda) when she gets over her initial edginess...
...consumers the Agriculture Department predicts most foods will be more abundant and cheaper in 1959 than this year. Big harvests this fall and higher supplies of poultry and eggs are already dropping some prices, the department reported. Said Ewan Clague, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: "The consumer price index is likely to hold around current levels for the next few months. Inflation may turn out to be a problem in the longer run, but it is not an immediate prospect...
...high, food prices are now declining, which will show up in the index next month. The drop in food prices is expected to offset any rises that may come from fall-clothing and postage increases, thus keep the cost of living relatively stable in the months to come. Said Ewan Clague, commissioner of labor statistics: "My guess is that these will just about balance each other out for the next few months-up to the end of the year...
...Consumer Price Index, commonly (and erroneously) referred to as the cost-of-living index. Some 4,000,000 workers have their wage rates tied directly to the index, and the wages of the other 17 million in manufacturing and transportation are indirectly affected by the competition for manpower. Says Ewan Clague, commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which prepares the index: "A single point increase can run up wages in the U.S. by $160 million. So much money changes hands that you have to have high standards of accuracy...