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Word: upturn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Summarizing the vastly improved strength of the economy, the President said: "Factors that influence decisions on business capital outlays have become more favorable, and an upturn may already be under way. Residential construction outlays should contribute further to economic expansion. Combined outlays of federal, state and local government units will continue to rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: First Foe: Inflation | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

...leveled off (see chart). The economy was barely expanding at all, though the current-dollar G.N.P. soared to a new high. When the downturn came in mid-1957, prices went on rising. Result: the current-dollar G.N.P. fell off only 4½%, the constantdollar G.N.P. 5½%. Since the upturn in mid-1958, Commerce said, recovery has been taking place "in a setting of overall price stability." Hence, in the main, recovery gains are real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Yardstick | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

Despite the comeback of U.S. industry, signs of more inflation have yet to appear in the economy. The Labor Department reported last week that the consumer price index, which fell in August, stayed level in September, at 123.7% of the 1947-49 average. The Commerce Department also found the upturn still going strong. It noted that "the more volatile indicators have been advancing for several months, and those which usually lag are now showing signs of improvement." Items...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Stable Prices | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...Steel climbed to an operating rate of 62.2% last week, the seventh straight weekly increase despite earlier talk that there would be no upturn before the third quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Gradual Recovery | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

Washington's statisticians released still more figures showing that the economy's rebound from recession, already sharper than in any other postwar upturn, is picking up speed. Items:¶ Industrial production for July stood at 133 on the Federal Reserve's index, up three points since June and seven points higher than the recession low of 126 in April (see chart). At this rate, say economists, the pre-recession level of 145 in August 1957 may well be topped before year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Quickening Recovery | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

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