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Weak Francs. Europe's businessmen, who previously complained that the unchecked inflow of U.S. dollars aggravated the Continent's inflation, are now warning that the cutback raises the danger of deflation. The Swiss franc and the French franc have weakened in relation to the dollar on international money markets, and the short-term lending rate for Euro-dollars-the $5 billion-plus hoard of dollars that is circulated by Europe's banks-has jumped from 41% to 5% as borrowers scramble for funds to finance expansion. In Australia, where the Sydney stock market suffered its sharpest fall...
...Committee is sponsoring publicity in the news media, speakers at group meetings and campuses in the area, in addition to the immediate focus of the campaign: international demonstrations on March 19, two days before the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre. The increased U.S. capital inflow in loans and direct investment was largely responsible for making the South African economy prosperous after the severe recession after Sharpeville...
...number of students in the school fluctuates with the inflow of new refugees and the ouflow of scholarship students. At present there are about one hundred students, grouped into four classes that correspond roughly to the seventh through tenth grades. The majority of these students are from Mozambique and speak Portuguese; many of them were "recruited" by rebel agents inside Mozambique because of their ability...
...Asia's agriculture and mining. Eighty percent of the area's export income comes from such primary commodities as rubber, minerals, tea and jute - but commodity prices fluctuate sharply, and industrial nations are turning increasingly to man-made substitutes. Because of soft prices and shaky politics, the inflow of foreign capital is declining. Asia's foreign exchange reserves are far lower and its trade deficits three times higher than a decade...
...urge for the Yankee label has economists like Marjolin worried. Western Europe has a $5 billion trade balance deficit. More than this, the inflow of U.S. goods-especially of those on which tariffs are high or haulage is expensive-encourages development of U.S. plants in Europe that can compete on even tighter terms. Last year alone, for every $1 worth of goods arriving from the U.S., $3 worth were already there, made and sold by Americans...