Economic Report of the President: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - United States |
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... percent unemployment . " And a fellow jumped up in the audience and said : " What is wrong with you , Senator Humphrey ? We have 12-12 percent unemployment in Rhode Island , and the Government knocked off 10 percent of our entire ...
... percent unemployment . " And a fellow jumped up in the audience and said : " What is wrong with you , Senator Humphrey ? We have 12-12 percent unemployment in Rhode Island , and the Government knocked off 10 percent of our entire ...
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... percent rate in the second half of last year . Industrial production has risen , as you know , at a 12.0 percent rate since the low point of last April . Total employment in December was up by 1.3 million from the low of last March ...
... percent rate in the second half of last year . Industrial production has risen , as you know , at a 12.0 percent rate since the low point of last April . Total employment in December was up by 1.3 million from the low of last March ...
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... percent from 1975 to 1976 , the unemployment rate should fall by almost a full percentage point during this year ... percent from 1974 to 1975 , should rise by only about 6 percent from 1975 to 1976 . Thus far the recovery has been ...
... percent from 1975 to 1976 , the unemployment rate should fall by almost a full percentage point during this year ... percent from 1974 to 1975 , should rise by only about 6 percent from 1975 to 1976 . Thus far the recovery has been ...
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... percent ; 2nd quarter , 40 percent ; 3rd quarter , 50 percent ; 4th quar- ter , 60 percent ; 5th quarter , 75 percent ; and 6th quarter and thereafter , 90 percent . While the Federal Government has an incentive to reduce the ...
... percent ; 2nd quarter , 40 percent ; 3rd quarter , 50 percent ; 4th quar- ter , 60 percent ; 5th quarter , 75 percent ; and 6th quarter and thereafter , 90 percent . While the Federal Government has an incentive to reduce the ...
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... percent and it is somewhat lower if you take out the Export - Import Bank . I wasn't clear what else you were taking out to get that figure down to about 4 percent . What was it ? Chairman HUMPHREY . Oh , a year - by - year adjusting ...
... percent and it is somewhat lower if you take out the Export - Import Bank . I wasn't clear what else you were taking out to get that figure down to about 4 percent . What was it ? Chairman HUMPHREY . Oh , a year - by - year adjusting ...
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Page 218 - State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining, in a manner calculated to foster and promote free competitive enterprise and the general welfare, conditions under which there will be afforded useful employment opportunities, including self-employment, for those able, willing, and seeking work, and to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power.
Page 654 - I do have a couple of questions I would like to ask you. I...
Page 554 - Organization's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Page 99 - If the witness will read the paragraph marked step 8 at the bottom of page 8 and the top of page 9, which is just one of the 12 steps which would have to be taken.
Page 481 - Budget Highlights" which are contained in The Federal Budget and the Cities, an analysis prepared by the United States Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities.
Page 111 - USC 665) , is amended to read as follows : "(2) In apportioning any appropriation, reserves may be established solely to provide for contingencies, or to effect savings whenever savings are made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations.
Page 646 - My name is James J. Needham. I am Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Page 69 - ... between those in some need and those most in need; —between the programs we already have and those we would like to have; —between aid to individuals and aid to State and local governments; —between immediate implementation of a good idea and the need to allow time for transition; —between the desire to solve our problems quickly and the realization that for some problems, good solutions will take more time; and —between Federal control and direction to assure achievement of common...
Page 68 - The budget reflects the President's sense of priorities. It reflects his best judgment of how we must choose among competing Interests. And it reveals his philosophy of how the public and private spheres should be related. Accordingly, I have devoted a major portion of my own time over the last several months to shaping the budget for fiscal year 1977 and laying the groundwork for the years that follow.
Page 111 - ... brought to bear on the estimates at this time. The examiners must be thoroughly familiar with the President's budget policy and previous congressional action, as well as with the programs of the agency and their relationship to activities of other agencies.