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Perkins said the rapid economic growth seen in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East indicates the world's economy will be eight times as large...
...said that although the majority of the world is poor today, rapid economic growth may result in "pockets of poverty, with many people rapidly ceasing to be poor...
Other developments indicate that Carter will have a tough job satisfying the nation when he lays out his economic policy this week. The President in rapid succession will deliver a State of the Union speech focused on economics, send an economics message to Congress, detail his tax-cut program and put the finishing touches on the federal budget for fiscal 1979. Both liberal and conservative economists agree that the main weakness in the President's program so far is his failure to develop an effective anti-inflation policy. As if to underscore the point, the Government reported that wholesale...
...Government's decision two weeks ago to intervene in foreign currency markets to keep the value of the dollar from sinking too fast has halted the rapid decline of the greenback, at least temporarily. But some foreign moneymen think that the U.S. is being too timid in buying up unwanted dollars. Meanwhile, the effort to bolster the buck is having unfortunate side effects. In order to make U.S. currency more attractive to foreign investors, the Federal Reserve Board has raised American interest rates another notch.* It boosted the discount rate, the charge imposed on Federal Reserve loans to member...
Young says he devotes considerable time to helping the students gain the knowledge and experience they lack. He follows their activities closely, and when possible, meets with them once a week. To counter the problem of rapid student turnover because of graduation, he hopes to develop a manual on "how the minority recruitment program should proceed out of this office." Young is, himself, only a one-year admissions officer. His work in Harvard's admissions office ends in June...