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...light of the qualified mandate, Wilson's Laborites were understandably restrained in their celebrations. "It is going to be a very, very hard slog for a couple of years," the returned Prune Minister said, referring to an economy that is buffeted by ever gloomier news of combined inflation and recession almost every day. "It is going to be a hell...
...dealing with the threat of intensified military and economic harassment, Rhodesia can expect little help from South Africa, which is aware of the pragmatic necessity of reckoning with the new black states. Prune Minister John Vorster has repeatedly implied that he would prefer a stable black government in Rhodesia to an unstable white...
Otherwise, the business news continued gloomy. The stock market, which spurted two weeks ago on anticipation of the prune-rate cut, plummeted, reflecting disappointment that Morgan Guaranty's initiative did not take hold more quickly. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 49 points during the week, to close at 622, beneath the twelve-year low of 627 touched in mid-September. The Commerce Department's "composite index of leading indicators"-those that supposedly give reliable clues to the future direction of the economy -fell 1.2% in August, its biggest monthly drop since December. It is still 5.7% above...
...reason behind the creeping coup was distaste at the slow pace at which the Prune Minister, Endalkachew Makonnen, 47, has been carrying out reforms. The army has agitated for change since February, when soldiers protesting poor pay and the country's feudal political system forced the resignation of then Prime Minister Aklilu Habte Wold, 62. They accepted Endalkachew as his successor and gave the new government six months to reform a country that for decades has been systematically milked from...
...clobbered the housing industry, dried up funds for many companies and generally disrupted the entire economy. Last week it appeared finally to top out; indeed, banks' prime rate, or basic charge on business loans, began inching down. Manhattan's First National City Bank trimmed its prune a quarter of a point, to 11¼%, as did Southwest Bank of St. Louis and First National of Miami. Two Midwestern banks with the nation's highest prime rates also made reductions: Chicago's First National, from 11¾% to 11.6%, and Lansing's Michigan National, from...