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<text id=89TT0809>
<title>
Mar. 27, 1989: Business Notes:The Economy
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Mar. 27, 1989 Is Anything Safe?
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 75
Business Notes
THE ECONOMY
Pop Go The Prices
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<p> The economy sent a calming signal last week but abruptly
followed it with a disturbing one. First the Government said
the stubborn U.S. trade deficit narrowed in January to $9.5
billion, for a $1.5 billion decline from December. Economists
were particularly heartened because imports fell nearly 7%,
indicating that the economy was cooling off and inflation was
not getting out of hand.
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<p> But the outlook clouded over on Friday, when the Government
said producer prices soared 1% in February. The jump, which
showed that such prices have climbed at an alarming 12.6% rate
so far this year, aroused fears that inflation might be picking
up just as the economy is slowing down. That warning of possible
1970s-style stagflation sent the Dow Jones industrial average
down 48.57 points Friday, to 2,292.14, its sharpest one-day
decline in eleven months.
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</body></article>
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