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...production of all goods and services in the first half of 1984 rose at the swiftest pace in 34 years. The general outlook for the rest of the year is for a slowdown to a more sustainable rate of growth, accompanied by some further declines in unemployment, which has fallen from 10.8% in December 1982 to 7.5%. Most surprising, there has been no increase in inflation of the type that usually accompanies such a boom. The nation's broadest price index, the so-called G.N.P. deflator, rose at an annual rate of 3.9% in the first quarter, but only...
...high-technology goods. Its trade surplus for these products, including computers and telecommunications gear, has dropped from $25.5 billion in 1980 to $17 billion last year. Spectra-Physics, a San Jose, Calif.-based manufacturer of laser equipment, says that its share of the world market for some products has fallen from 75% to 50% in only three years...
...Peoria, 111. Once the unchallenged leader in the manufacture of heavy-construction equipment, Caterpillar has been staggered by shrinking foreign markets and fierce competition. In 1982 and 1983 it lost a total of $525 million, and the number of employees in the U.S. assigned to the export business has fallen from 31,000 to 16,000. During 1984's first three months, it lost an additional $109 million. To stem its losses, the company has been forced to cut employment and transfer manufacturing operations overseas...
Perhaps the most important factor behind Caterpillar's troubles in foreign markets has been the overly strong dollar, because it makes the company's products more costly to foreign buyers. Since 1981, sales to Africa and the Middle East have fallen from $1.9 billion to $680 million. The decline is even sharper in Latin America, where they have dropped from $903 million to $266 million. Even though some trade with the Soviet Union is once again permitted, business is virtually nonexistent because the Soviets now view Caterpillar as an erratic supplier...
...glare of national attention has fallen on these belligerent broadcasters since the murder last month of one of their number, Denver's Alan Berg, who was shot down in the driveway of his condominium. When Denver police assigned 60 officers to investigate Berg's killing, it was an acknowledgment of the hostility his combative style had provoked among his estimated 200,000 listeners. So many officers were needed, said one, partly because Berg's audience provided so many potential suspects. Threats and sometimes violence are indeed an occupational hazard. Ex-Washington Radio Talker Gary D. Gilbert...