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...consumers have a direct stake in the unfolding farm debate. By setting price levels for farm produce, Government programs have prevented wide swings in food costs. Ending supports could result in more erratic fluctuations. Food prices rose a moderate 4% last year, a bit less than the consumer price index, and they are expected to show another mild gain in 1985. Americans spend only about 11% of their disposable income on at-home dining, the lowest amount for any major nation...
...exceeded expectations that growth would be in the 1.5%-to-2.5% range. At the same time, Commerce underscored the sharpness of the third-quarter slowdown by adjusting its estimate of that period's G.N.P. gain from 1.9% to 1.6%. The Government also reported that the November consumer price index rose at an annual rate of 2.7%, the smallest increase since June. Meanwhile, Americans' personal income rose a vigorous .7% in November, while consumer spending climbed a healthy...
...little choice but to give the economy a cold shower. This year price rises have been so modest that Treasury Secretary Donald Regan has taken to asking in the manner of Clara ("Where's the beef?") Peller, "Where's the inflation?" Since January the consumer price index has risen at an annual rate of 4.5%. Producer prices, which often foreshadow trends in consumer costs, have gone up at a mild 1.8% pace so far this year and have actually declined for the past three months. Many economists think Volcker has room to nudge interest rates down by perhaps...
Even the climate for investing appears to be ideal. The once anemic British stock market has bounced back smartly during the past six weeks, with one leading index hitting a record. Interest rates have dropped...
Last year Humana launched an insurance plan for companies as a way of boosting business in its hospitals. Humana Care Plus guarantees employers that their medical costs will rise no faster than the Consumer Price Index for at least four years. Health care prices are currently rising more than twice as fast as the CPI. Employees enrolled in the insurance plan can use any hospital, but the deductibles they pay will be lowest if they choose a Humana facility. More than 200 companies and organizations have enrolled about 65,000 people in the program...