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...interviews, several faculty members said they worried about the effects of the slowdown on departments, while others asked why FAS needs another pause so soon after similar pullbacks in 2003 and 2005 during the troubled tenure of former University President Lawrence H. Summers...
While the specifics of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Michael D. Smith’s proposed administrative reorganization have earned praise from professors, one aspect of the plan has drawn fire: the proposed slowdown in faculty hiring...
...department chair, who requested anonymity to preserve relationships with the administration, said that the chairs themselves often have to take the heat for failed searches, meaning that the slowdown could be detrimental to intradepartmental relations...
...sweat. America buys about 19% of China's $90 billion in monthly exports. As the U.S. economy began to falter in late 2007, China's torrid export growth rate--for the past several years running at an annual rate of 20% or higher--was showing unmistakable signs of a slowdown. In February it plummeted to just 6.5%, compared with nearly 20% growth expected by economists. Exporters suffered major disruptions from power outages and transportation delays caused by that month's heavy snowstorms, but sluggish U.S. demand was also to blame. The value of U.S.-bound goods showed a rare year...
...output in recent years because the global economy has been on a tear. The 2004-07 period saw the second strongest bout of global growth on record--which translated into strong demand for cheap Chinese-made products. But this era may be ending. Most economists are forecasting a significant slowdown in worldwide GDP growth in 2008. This slowdown, predicts Lehman Brothers economist Sun Ming-chun, will prove to be the "unmasking of [manufacturing] overcapacity in China." Says Li of the Asia Footwear Association: "The cake is only so big, and when you have too many people trying...