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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1995
Page
11
Government data show drop in poverty rate from 15.1% in 1998 to 14.5% in 1994 and a 1.2 million fall in the number in poverty to 38.1 million, while officials urge against cutting welfare programs despite lower poverty figures.
Census Bureau figures show families with working mothers spent 74 dollars weekly on preschool care in 1998 about 8 percent of income. The report notes 9.9 million under age five needed care in 1983 and distributions across family members facilities and day care. Poor families pay about 18 percent of income for care yet feel the pinch more.
The report shows 1999 growth of 4.1 percent, lowest unemployment in four years, and a poverty rate drop. Median household income held steady at 32 264, while black households rose 5 percent to 121 027. Reich cites Earned Income Tax Credit as key to poverty reduction.
U S tilapia imports drop to just over 15 million pounds in the first half of 1995 after two years of high demand. Prices rise as value climbs 44 percent for frozen fillets, while Taiwan still dominates frozen tilapia imports and Costa Rica leads fresh fillet sources. Atlantic salmon imports rise 32 percent to 51.4 million pounds. Farmers in Minnesota, eastern South Dakota and northern Iowa get a 90 day extension on maturities for feed grain and soybean loans due to logistics delays.
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