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...hearings. A businessman and lawyer rather than an economist by training, he has been remarkably accurate in his economic forecasting. Known from the beginning as a determined inflation fighter, he has taken the position that the Fed should be dedicated to a long-term plan for reducing the inflation rate over the next five to seven years and should not react nervously to every fluctuation in the economic outlook. "Steady as you go" be came his watchword...
Countless thousands of foreign investors expressed their lack of confidence in Carter in more concrete form by dumping dollars and buying gold. In short, they were voting with their money. "We were waiting for an energy program, and the exchange rate reflects the absence of one," commented Leonida Guadenzi, vice president of the Milan Exchange, where the dollar fell sharply against the Italian lira. Added one Milan trader: "When Carter speaks, the dollar plummets...
Today Blumenthal is out, Lance is under indictment and Schultze might remain incapacitated for months following major surgery. The economy, meanwhile, is plagued by chronic inflation (current annual rate: 13%), has entered a recession and is suffering from a severe energy shortage...
...vision of these projects is all the more appealing in light of the immediate economic gloom. The Commerce Department reported last week that the gross national output of goods and services dropped at a 3.3% annual rate during the second quarter, meaning that the recession has almost certainly begun. G. William Miller, the Treasury Secretary-designate, also warned that the energy aggravated slump would be deeper and longer than the mild slowdown of six to nine months that the Administration has so far forecast. Miller's projections: unemployment rising from last month...
During the first year of occupancy, the University will charge Donovan $10,700. In the second year. Donovan will be charged the flat University rate, about $15 a square foot, and in the third year of the lease, the price will be $15,000 or the flat University rate, whichever is higher...