America's Economy: Problems and Prospects : Timely Reports to Keep Journalists, Scholars and the Public Abreast of Developing Issues, Events and TrendsThese reports discuss: America's employment outlook; small business: trouble on Main Street; social security options; farm policy; health care costs; Federal jobs programs; robot revolution; youth unemployment; mergers and antitrust in business; and charity squeeze. |
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... interest rates as high as 25 percent for those businesses that were able to obtain loans . Even as the economy sputtered and inflation started to slide to its 1982 level of 3.9 percent , interest rates stayed high . " Nor- mally when ...
... interest rates as high as 25 percent for those businesses that were able to obtain loans . Even as the economy sputtered and inflation started to slide to its 1982 level of 3.9 percent , interest rates stayed high . " Nor- mally when ...
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... rate agreements that allow interest rates to float up with increases in the prime . Those firms that are unable to obtain financing from banks have to turn to finance companies , which usually charge even higher interest rates . Some ...
... rate agreements that allow interest rates to float up with increases in the prime . Those firms that are unable to obtain financing from banks have to turn to finance companies , which usually charge even higher interest rates . Some ...
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... interest rates will be needed before the economy can recover . But there is a great deal of contention over how to go about that . Some legislators would like to see Congress maintain oversight of the Federal Reserve Board's rate ...
... interest rates will be needed before the economy can recover . But there is a great deal of contention over how to go about that . Some legislators would like to see Congress maintain oversight of the Federal Reserve Board's rate ...
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STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT | 24 |
May | 32 |
Social Security Options | 49 |
Copyright | |
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