Word: willingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Board of Economists expects the cost of living index, which has been rising at a 13% rate for months, will be going up at a pace of 9% or a bit more next December. The economists admit, however, that they and almost all the other experts have grossly underestimated...
JOBS. The success story of 1979 has been the remarkable rise in jobs, but opportunities will dry up next year. Though plenty of openings will remain for the skilled, untrained workers will be let go and let down. Unemployment, which dropped slightly last month to 5.8%, is expected to rise...
A most discouraging aspect of rising oil prices, said Okun, is that the recession will only temporarily and modestly constrain inflation. At very best, the rate of price increases will come down to 8%. After the 1974-75 recession, inflation was 5%, which at that time was considered "intolerable, horrible...
Although President Carter will face tremendous political pressure during election year to curb prices, board members felt that he would not try to impose mandatory wage and price controls, and that any attempt to do so would be disastrous. With the exception of Beryl Sprinkel, who figured that there is...
Many of TIME'S economists detect that the Administration is cutting big and small federal programs extremely sharply to hold down the budget deficit and take some heat away from rising prices. Still, Carter's aides are probably underestimating the size of the deficit. A recession would pull...