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...decreased borrowing, the bigger driver is that Americans are still feeling the effects of recession the unemployment rate hit 9.4% in May - and choosing to tap credit lines less. Commerce Department figures from earlier this week show that people are now saving 5.7% of their disposable income, the highest rate in 14 years. In an April survey of senior bank-loan officers, the Fed found that demand for loans from households was down in almost every category. (Watch TIME's video of Peter Schiff trash-talking the markets...
...cities with the highest proportion of likely spenders include San Francisco, Washington, Seattle, San Diego, Denver, Austin, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, Norfolk and Jacksonville. The spots with the lowest proportion include Pittsburgh, Nashville, Tampa, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Little Rock, Knoxville, Tulsa, Fresno and Mobile...
...Baltic Dry Index is the worldwide benchmark for shipping rates of raw materials, and it has registered some eye-popping gains over the past month. The London-based index registered its 23rd straight daily gain on Wednesday, closing at 4,291, its highest mark since September and the longest streak of gains since July 2006. Daily rates for the largest Capesize ships, which typically carry iron ore, rose 6.8% on Wednesday to $93,197. Just five months ago, daily ship-rental rates were hovering just above $2,000, about the price of a great seat on opening...
...other hand, you want to make sure you make decisions thoughtfully and in a timely manner.” He adds that taking care of the scientists and the research that was supposed to be housed in the Science Complex was the “highest priority” for planners.Even in the fall, Faust said, “it would have seemed unimaginable to slow construction.” But by the winter it was clear that not only was construction financially less feasible, but also that internal demand for construction was shifting as well. After consulting widely...
...November, Dean Smith explained at an FAS faculty meeting about the “three buckets” and the need to set priorities in everything we do. In the first and smallest bucket go our highest priorities, those things so important we might need to increase spending on them. In the second medium-sized bucket go things central to the core mission of FAS that cannot be reduced. In the third and largest bucket is everything else, and much of it will have...