Word: greenspan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...second-quarter reports, however, are expected to disclose many more companies exceeding their profit-margin ceilings. Alan Greenspan, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, figures that sooner or later at least one company in every major industry will pierce its ceiling and be forced to cut prices. That, he fears, will be enough to crimp corporate profits generally, because price reductions by one company would have to be followed by all its competitors -including some with narrow profit margins that would be further squeezed...
...balance of payments deficit in April was the lowest in nearly a year-little more than $100 million according to estimates by Alan Greenspan, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists. That figure was way down from $1.3 billion in March and $1.6 billion in February, let alone the $8.8 billion payments gap last August. The biggest boon last month was that more U.S. investment funds stayed home instead of seeking a higher return abroad. Some European interest rates have fallen lately. Meanwhile, short-term rates in the U.S. have risen as a result of growing loan demand...
Last week members of TIME'S Board of Economists pared their earlier growth forecasts. They now expect G.N.P. increases of $91 billion to $100 billion v. earlier predictions of $94 billion to $103 billion. Not all the estimates were lowered on merely technical grounds. Board Member Alan Greenspan sees a slight deterioration in the "quality of the outlook." He cites continued high personal savings rates, less exuberant consumer buying than foreseen in January, sluggish bank-loan demand and slow inventory accumulation...
...Alan Greenspan...
Many experts believe that deficits have been pushed perilously close to their manageable limit, and that if they continue, chronic inflation is certain to flare up. Says Alan Greenspan, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists: "The budget has begun to get substantially out of control...