Monkeying with the thermometer on inflation
The general manager of a leading retailers association says price control cannot curb inflation alone. He blames inflation on government spending, deficits, and rising credit, arguing price controls can slow production and worsen shortages. He urges monetary tightening and balanced budgets to cut costs and encourage savings.
The Folks Back Home Budget Critique and Call for Economy
The House of Representatives is trimming the 1952 budget with significant cuts. The Appropriations Committee argues agencies press on with routine work amid emergency conditions, seeking to defend the defense effort while reducing spending. The piece urges voters to back strict economy and insists the people ultimately run government.
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Survival Qualities of American Business study
Dun and Bradstreet releases a comprehensive booklet analyzing U S business failures. It shows a long term decline from 1940 to 1950 with 31.9 percent of failures in the Middle Atlantic region in 1950 and sharp Pacific Coast rise. Retail firms led with 4,429 failures, followed by manufacturing and wholesale trade, then construction and commercial services. Two of five years are hardest. firms opened since 1949 have the highest mortality.
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