Conduct of Monetary Policy: Report of the Federal Reserve Board Pursuant to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, P.L. 95-523, and the State of the Economy : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, July 22, 1998, Volume 4

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Page 90 - On the capital front, foreign direct investment in the United States and US direct investment abroad tripled between 1985 and 1994 And companies are tapping a global labor market.
Page 12 - So far this year, our economy has continued to enjoy a virtuous cycle. Evidence of accelerated productivity has been bolstering expectations of future corporate earnings, thereby fueling still further increases in equity values, and the improvements in productivity have been helping to reduce inflation.
Page 34 - Congress further declares and establishes as a national goal the fulfillment of the right to full opportunities for useful paid employment at fair rates of compensation of all individuals able, willing, and seeking to work.
Page 97 - February 1977. band during the fint half of 1998. centered a little below the levels that prevailed in the latter part of 1997. The thirty-year bond yield touched its lowest value since the bond was introduced to the regular auction calendar in 1977; it was also lower than any sustained yield on the twenty-year bond (the longest maturity Treasury security before the issuance of the thirty-year bond) since 1968. Meanwhile, the average yield on five-year notes in the first half of the year was the...
Page 86 - This decrease from 854,435 gt to 541,355 gt reflects ship deliveries made between the fourth quarter of 1996 and the fourth quarter of 1997, without compensating replacement orders (USDOT MARAD 1999).