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<text id=89TT1265>
<title>
May 15, 1989: Business Notes:Joblessness
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
May 15, 1989 Waiting For Washington
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 59
Business Notes
JOBLESSNESS
The Party May Be Over
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<p> In the clearest signal yet that the U.S. economy may be
heading into the doldrums after a 6 1/2-year expansion, the
Government reported last week that the unemployment rate jumped
to 5.3% in April, up from 5% the previous month. The hefty
increase reflected a surge of 395,000 people into the labor
force as the number of jobs fell by 23,000.
</p>
<p> Wall Street gave the report a mixed reception as economists
debated whether the figures foreshadowed merely sluggish growth
or a genuine recession. Bullish investors initially set off a
rally Friday on the assumption that inflation might no longer
be a danger and the Federal Reserve Board would soon allow
interest rates to fall. But fear of a slump took hold later in
the day, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 2381.96 at
the closing bell, down 2.94 points for the day and 36.84 for the
week.
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</body></article>
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