Word: puniest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...monthly rate, even after a December setback, has jumped 43% from its October 1981 low. Further increases are likely because of a sharp drop in mortgage interest rates that also was the primary force pushing down consumer prices in December. Personal income last year rose only 6.4%, the puniest increase in 19 years. Still, that was above the rate of inflation, so those Americans who are not among the 12 million unemployed enjoyed a genuine, though small, increase in their ability to buy goods and services...