Word: heartening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MORE THAN A YEAR, THE U.S. has been tantalized by tidings of economic recovery. And now those esoteric leading indicators that so hearten the experts are becoming visible to average workers: consumers are buying, and the economy is growing at a steady, if unspectacular, pace. Yet something important is missing as President Clinton prepares his prematurely overdue economic plan: new jobs...
...argued that the OTS made serious accounting errors in interpreting Franklin's financial statements. Federal judge Dale Saffels ordered Franklin handed back to its owners, but regulators won a temporary stay of that order from a Denver federal appeals court. A victory for Franklin would undoubtedly hearten the 25 other S&Ls with similar suits against the OTS. And it would give new force to the contention that the agency has at times been overzealous in taking over thrifts that should have been left alone...