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...would curb inflation by cutting the U.S. budget, and urged the Federal Reserve Board to maintain tight control of the money supply. Moreover, the President asserted that when investors saw prices leveling off, they would lower the return they demanded for their money, and thus interest rates would plummet...
Products fizzle and profits plummet at Texas Instruments...
COPING WITH PROPOSITION 2 1/2 will continue to be the biggest challenge facing the city's public schools; all too easily, Cambridge's educational system could plummet to the level of other big city systems in the years ahead. Preventing that will require creative problem-solving and a genuine interest in the welfare of students, a blend of efficient management and responsiveness to the needs of the city...
COPING WITH PROPOSITION 21/2 will continue to be the biggest challenge facing the city's public schools; all too easily, Cambridge's educational system could plummet to the level of other big city systems in the years ahead. Preventing that will require creative problem-solving and a genuine interest in the welfare of students, a blend of efficient management and responsiveness to the needs of the city...
That pain is already intense for businesses dependent upon the easy availability of low-cost loans. Auto sales this year are running 30% below the same period in 1978. Home construction for the year is expected to plummet to its lowest level since 1946. "The housing recession is now 34 months old and counting," says Jack Carlson, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. "We've never had one that long before...