Word: steepest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rose 0.9%, a surge that reassured investors that the economy has not stagnated. Before closing at 2683.99 for the week, the closely watched index briefly topped the all-time record of 2722.42 it set on Aug. 25, 1987. That was the heady peak from which the Dow began its steepest slide in history, culminating in the 508-point crash...
Wholesale food prices rose 1.2 percent last month, the steepest increase in 13 months. They had risen 1.1 percent in January...
...increase was paced by the steepest increase in food prices in a year, the largest rise in energy prices in two years and sharply higher costs in a variety of other categories as well...
...Producer Price Index for finished goods had risen 4 percent during 1988, the steepest climb in seven Years and nearly double the 2.2 percent increase posted in 1987. Many private economists expect further increases this year, although not at the double-digit levels that plagued the nation...
With the after-effects of last summer's drought still in evidence, food prices one stop short of grocery store shelves were up 1.1 percent last month, the steepest increase since a 1.5 percent rise in January...