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Whether by taxation or rationing, cutting back on gasoline would jolt an economy in which the jobs of one worker in seven somehow spin around the automotive industry. Millions of Americans not only build, sell and service cars but also supply the tires, windows and other parts, construct highways, drive...
Other automakers would be better off. The conversion to small models would bring forth a prolonged spurt in capital investment by the manufacturers and their suppliers for tools, dies, entire new plants. Eventually sales would surge because drivers would feel an increasing need to switch to gas-saving cars. As...
Fast food chains such as McDonald's, Wendy's and Howard Johnson's would suffer. Restaurants near population centers would surge. So would air travel, as people flew on vacation instead of driving. That would boost sales of more fuel-efficient jets, and Boeing, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas...
The outlook is clouded for OPEC itself, especially for the so-called dollar-surplus states of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Emirates and Qatar, which together hold more than $90 billion in U.S. dollars and other U.S. financial assets that will continue to slip in value as the cartel's...
Many European and U.S. bankers have been at odds since mid-November. It was then that Chase Manhattan and six other large U.S. banks in an eleven-member syndicate used their voting majority to declare a $500 million loan to Iran in default. That raised fears of still further defaults...