Word: inflationitis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then there were pocketbook issues at stake. The French bourgeoisie, which has never altogether given up the notion that the only safe place for silver is in a sock, was angry and upset over France's rapid inflation and high taxes and the lingering uncertainty about the value of the...
The most auspicious of Commerce's signals was flashed by the turnaround of three indicators: orders by manufacturers for durable goods, contracts and orders for plant and equipment and new building permits. Reversing sharply in March, the three portend slower growth in inflation-provoking corporate spending on expansion. They...
Nixon will not be easily budged from the premise that expensive, far-reaching social welfare efforts are futile if the war continues indefinitely or if the economy goes sour. Nor is Congress in the mood for grandiose programs right now. Viet Nam and inflation, together with crime and unrest, remain...
Reshuffling the Burden. The "most critical problem," said Assistant Treasury Secretary (for tax policy) Edwin Cohen at the House hearings, is to maintain "confidence in the tax structure." Nixon's program seeks to do that by reshuffling some $4 billion in tax liabilities without much altering the $165 billion...
Last week the Government announced that prices rose at a faster rate during March than in any other month since the peak of the Korean War inflation. The increase was 0.8%, which, if continued at the same rate for a year, would bring an overall price advance of almost 10...