Word: risen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reduced the tax burden, from 21 % of gross national product in fiscal 1981 to 20.3% in the fiscal year just concluded, and loosened many regulations that business found onerous. But federal spending has actually increased from 23% of G.N.P. in 1980 to 24.2% now. Even social spending has risen slightly as a proportion of national output, despite Reagan's deep cuts in such programs as food stamps and school lunches. Reason: the recession has driven up outlays for other programs like unemployment compensation. The number of federal employees, including civilians working in the Defense Department, has dropped 1.2%, from...
...prices, which rose by an average of 17% annually throughout the 1970s, are also getting more affordable. Prices have been more or less flat since the spring of 1981 and have declined rather strikingly when inflation is taken into account. For example, since 1980 the Consumer Price Index has risen by nearly 28%, while the median price of new homes has grown by only 13%, to $70,700. (Note to nostalgia buffs: ten years ago the median home price was $27,600.) Last week, however, the Government provided evidence that housing costs may be heading up again. The Labor Department...
WASHINGTON-Private economists generally agree that a mild recovery is imminent, based on a government report that its main economic harometer has risen for the sixth time in the last seven months...
Though news of the Santa Maria find began circulating on Wall Street late last summer, it has not made a big difference in the oil companies' stocks, which are currently out of favor with investors. Though the Dow Jones industrial average has risen 27.7% since July 30, Phillips is up only 22.8%; Standard Oil of California, 20.8%; and Texaco...
...minority journalists have risen into management jobs of even moderate power. Only one, Publisher Robert Maynard of the Oakland Tribune (circ. 179,000), runs a large paper with a predominantly white audience. Claims Maynard: "White males are often promoted on the basis of potential, but minorities and women need proven ability." Minorities hold three editorial management positions at the New York Times and Chicago Tribune, four at the Boston Globe, and four of 123 supervisory positions at the Los Angeles Times. Editors blame the dearth of minority managers on rapid turnover, particularly as promising reporters depart for better...