Word: inflationitis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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As a chief lieutenant to Ben-Gurion, Eshkol served the government first as Director-General of the Defense Department, then as the Agriculture Minister, meanwhile heading the agency charged with settling the successive waves of immigrants on the land. But it was as Finance Minister from 1952 to 1963 that...
Mystique of Style. Inflation only enhances the upward sweep of prices, since many silver collectors buy as a hedge against it. Devaluation of the pound sent antique silver prices in London leaping upward like startled fawns. Then, of course, there is the whole mystique of style. Most congenial to the...
(2 of 11) Department trustbuster, Richard McLaren, announced that he will move to stop conglomerate mergers between large companies. McLaren argued that such mergers tend to reduce competition and aggravate inflation.
There is little evidence that the disparity between the mark and the franc will end soon. The continuing West German economic surge, which underpins the mark's strength, goes against classic economic theory. Rapid economic growth should almost inevitably produce much higher export prices and the demand for more...
The French economic picture is the reverse image of that in West Germany. In the first two weeks of February, France's reserves declined $29 million, while Germany's rose more than $121 million. France's ability to compete has been severely hampered by inflation; domestic prices...