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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Television vs. the Printed Page
...locomotive," would now welcome a mild American recession. After a long period of sluggishness, the six other leading economies-Japan, West Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada-are showing hesitant signs of revival. An index of leading indicators for the six advanced 8% during the latest twelve-month period, vs. 1% for the U.S. But the gains have not been without cost, notably a rise in prices. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which monitors trends in the leading non-Communist industrial states, inflation among its 24 member states rose 1.1% in April, the steepest monthly jump...
...have been losing deposits in a big way. April, for instance, is normally a poor month for the savings banks, since their customers commonly make large withdrawals to pay taxes. But April 1979 was by far the cruelest ever: nationwide, savings and loan institutions lost $1.5 billion in deposits (vs. an increase of $400 million last year). They gained back $1.2 billion in May, but that was considerably below last year's more normal $2.1 billion in new deposits...
...lower part is filled with electronic components; it will screw into standard sockets and will have two settings, a low of 75 watts and a high of 150 watts. The bulb will go on sale in 1981, which will give customers time to save up for it. Price: $10, vs. $1.50 for a conventional three-way bulb. Over its 5,000-hr. life, the company says, each Halarc could save $20 in electricity costs...
Amid all this uncertainty, the Administration got a rare piece of good news on inflation. May's wholesale prices rose a modest .4%, vs. .9% in April, the smallest increase in nine months. The main reason: a drop in food prices, including beef, because of a decline in consumption. But food prices may resume their rise because crop-killing rains in the Midwest could tighten supplies of corn and wheat, and OPEC's continuing oil price rises will further fire up inflation...