Word: rising
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stock market's rise and fall largely determined his prosperity, since in the finish days of the twenties he shared in the benefits of students' large wardrobes, and has since suffered. "Business is getting worse and worse every year," he says...
...York member banks of the Federal Reserve System shrank for the fifth week in succession, the Times committed itself to the prediction that this "pretty well smashed all hopes of a 'normal seasonal expansion' this autumn." Last week, however, bank debits to individual accounts continued to rise (now only 7% under a year ago), indicating that the nation was spending money faster than industry was expanding-a thoroughly healthy state of affairs...
...August, U. S. recovery seemed in full marching order. The stockmarket, after a healthy reaction from the whopping June and July rise, appeared on the verge of breaking into new high ground. Factory employment gained 4.9% (1.5% is the normal August increase). And commercial loans, having sagged all through Depression II, completed in New York City three weeks of solid rise. Since then, however, European militarism has gradually got into full marching order. By last week, instead of marching, U. S. business was generally marking time, with only a few industries pushing ahead like scouts reconnoitring in enemy territory...
...banks outside of New York City reported the trend of commercial loans was still up. But in New York, where Big Business does most of its borrowing, they dropped for the fourth week in succession, a $33,000,000 decline erasing all but $4,000,000 of the August rise...
...passed the 1937 level-25,554 units last week, compared to 23,222 year ago. Power output stood at a new high since November, only 2.9% under a year ago. Lumber output rose contra-seasonally and commodity prices, whose break in March 1937 first heralded Depression II, continued a rise that has been steady since early August...