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Most significant in the move to new ground, said the Labor Department, is the 500,000 jump in nonagricultural employment to the 60 million mark for the first time. Since agricultural employment is more subject to seasonal variances, the nonagricultural gain indicates a broad base of strength that is likely...
The Commerce Department reported that personal income rose to a record annual rate of $376.2 billion in May, $3 billion above the month before. The Labor Department added that spendable earnings (income after federal taxes) also reached a record in May of $81.03 a week for a factory worker with...
Easy Pickings. The drop in prices was largely seasonal, although the surplus was the result of the revolution in egg raising. Not only do today's hens lay twice as many eggs per bushel of feed as their grandmothers did, but their peak laying period has been prolonged. The...
The rush to buy sent manufacturers' sales in April smashing through their pre-recession peak, reported the Commerce Department last week. Sales reached $30.2 billion v. $29.1 billion in March, and new orders also set a record by climbing $800 million above March. For this reason-and other signs...
Caravans & Color TV. Boatmen are happily convinced that they are just beginning to tap the potential market. Banks like to lend money for new boats (the repossession rate is practically nil) and wives who once turned querulous at their husbands' seasonal desertion plead for bigger, headier boats. Boat clubs...