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...like but much less than the double-digit rates that inflation reached in the mid-1970s and then again in 1980. Moreover, the increase in inflation has been milder this time--on the order of 1 percentage point over the past year as compared with the 6 percentage point jump that followed the 1973 oil price shock.4 From the perspective of monetary policy, just as important as the behavior of actual inflation is what households and businesses expect to happen to inflation in the future, particularly over the longer term. If people expect an increase in inflation to be temporary...
...Instead, Balasubramanian’s application was one of the 4,820 early applications that Yale received this past November that contributed to its 36 percent increase in early applications. Yale was not alone in seeing a jump in early application numbers. Georgetown reported an increase of over 30 percent in early applicants, and University of Chicago saw an increase of over 40 percent...
...saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” That certainly would be the case with junior high jumper Becky Christensen, who, despite being sparing in words, is not sparing in her ability to flat out jump. “[Becky’s] not one of the most vocal people on the team,” co-captain Sally Stanton said. “But she is definitely one of the most consistently good competitors on the team.” With a tough act to follow having won the high jump at the outdoor...
...Crimson runners at Heps with her 18:03.40 finish, placing 13th overall.In the indoor and outdoor track seasons, the men and women continued the trend set in the fall, offering consistency from the upperclassmen and breakout performances from the first-timers.Junior Becky Christensen continued to dominate the high jump, winning both the indoor and outdoor Heptagonals by clearing 1.79 meters in each meet. Perhaps more impressive was Christensen’s outright win of the Penn Relays, the largest track and field competition in the United States, in which she cleared 1.83 meters on her first...
...sent five student-athletes down to Florida State University’s Mike Long Track on Friday and Saturday for the 2008 NCAA East Regional Championships. Junior high jumper Becky Christensen highlighted the Crimson effort, clearing an outdoor season-best 1.81 meters—she tied her career-best jump of 1.83 meters at the indoor NCAA Championships in March—en route to a fourth-place finish and an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships on June 11-14 in Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday’s jump came on her third attempt and marks Christensen?...