Word: rising
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...outlook remains marred by the weak dollar and slumping bond prices. The employment report may lead the Federal Reserve Board to conclude that the economy is strong enough to withstand a further rise in interest rates, which would defend the dollar and guard against an acceleration of inflation...
Some of us in U.S. industry think it is time to set the record straight about our trading situation with Japan (World, April 13). An unprecedented rise in the dollar from 1980 to 1985 discounted the price of foreign products in this country, and priced U.S. goods out of many world markets. It was that period that saw this country's trade deficit slip from a modest $25 billion to more than $170 billion and the U.S.-Japan deficit increased fivefold. It certainly did not help that Japan kept its markets glaringly closed to some products and more subtly...
Founded in 1885, Goucher went coed in an effort to reverse declining enrollment, currently around 850. "The presence of a full-time male student has made a statement," says President Rhoda Dorsey, pointing to a 51% rise in applications. Some 100 came from men, so Monheit will not be a lone pioneer for long. That suits him fine. He would rather follow quietly in the footsteps of his mother, Goucher...
Sales of U.S.-made manufactured goods overseas accounted for 80 percent of the increase in exports, with a $300 million rise in the sales of American computers and other office equipment leading...
Analysts suggested, however, that the rise in imports was far less meaningful statistically than the rise in exports--up more than 20 percent so far this year...