How business, doctors and journalists prey on your food anxieties I
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The Forbes Index ; :967=! 001<br />
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155<br />
The trade deficit hit an unexpectedly high S1L4 billi<strong>on</strong><br />
in Ma}', the latest m<strong>on</strong>th for which figures are availaUle .<br />
~ Sam Kahan, chief ec<strong>on</strong>omist at Fuji Securities in<br />
: Chicago, notes that the Mesican financial crisis damp-<br />
+d ened dem<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> for U .Sgoods there <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> throughout<br />
Latin America . bieamvhile, the dollar remained «-eak<br />
{ against the yen . "A high yen is making Japan's trade surplus<br />
with the II .S, appear larger than it is," says Kahan,<br />
who thinks that within a year the dollar %yill rebound to<br />
; 100 yen, narrowing the trade gap .<br />
Other key rates Source Status '<br />
`Mme ra[e ' Chau Manhat'an Bank 8,75%<br />
Artosalesyearlodaters1994' Ward'sAUhmolrrc -- -4<br />
'<br />
.4%IndexpfleadinLindicatorsMepvsApr DeptolCOmmerce -0.2% q<br />
irade balance' 12 m<strong>on</strong>ths ended May 1995 Dept cI Cemmerce -5118 biI 3<br />
AII-commoditypraducerpriceindex'lunevsMay OeptcfLaJar 0,25,<br />
60P1stpuartervs4th-annualizedyrdwtb Oeptorfummurce 2 .7% 3<br />
MT'I7-m<strong>on</strong>th chanqel-annualized prawth Fcderal Rai 4<br />
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.9% ~_<br />
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.',amul3t{ur852YGIUjeS'LT]YtSi a5 ]7 d)Q'95, aFdal "S 3rd avcd!<br />
'IntluGss M1(pub6e curenry <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> checY<br />
:og deuositsl plus uvlnR aecounis <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> mWSy market `unEs . ?<br />
Index comp<strong>on</strong>ents<br />
'.he Forbes Index is a measure of U .S . ecoocmic act[viN<br />
composed of 8 equally weigh ;ed elements . The cost of<br />
services relative to all cor.sumer prices, the level of new<br />
orders for duratle goods compared with mam.factsrers'<br />
inventories, total industrial producti<strong>on</strong>, cew :-ousirg<br />
starts, perwnal income, new c',aims ter unemployment<br />
compensati<strong>on</strong>, `.c :dl retail Sales, total c<strong>on</strong>sumer<br />
installment aedR.<br />
-a measure these 8 elements, FOeeES m<strong>on</strong>itor ; 10<br />
serles of U .S . governmerS data . The last 14 m<strong>on</strong>ths'<br />
data for each seles are presented :n these charts.<br />
0 Services • totalindex N Inventories • Newartlers<br />
260 _;=<br />
allurban rnnsumes,unaEfusted(Oau uflaYir) I ($bdlicrel .seasnally adlustedlC•AtofCnnrtvicel<br />
.'_<br />
155 --'C.-1'- _ 3450 :"<br />
125<br />
95<br />
3250<br />
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114<br />
Industrlalpraducll<strong>on</strong>Intlex(1997_!001,<br />
seascnal~y ajjus;k (i&eral Rererre)<br />
.vl++ . :.~-r .-~~~ ._ . . . . .<br />
385<br />
65<br />
~ tlewhoaslnQStartsltsous<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>slpnvatelro.netl,<br />
y unaujazlWNeptafianmercel<br />
200 :-<br />
~ 3i50 - - -- -`-`-"- _ _ _ _ _<br />
~ Perspnallncomel$Jilllars/waaaarnsalary<br />
~ es0orsemants,seawnallyadlu4ed(OeptctCunmeul<br />
190 ~<br />
i<br />
i80<br />
310<br />
New unemployment claims aaerap: Ir acnm<br />
ILlousa-ndsl.seawnaliy adjustetl(CeptcfLxr)<br />
17<br />
Netail sales j9bil torsl,<br />
seasenallywlusled IDept of Camaere<br />
825<br />
pnsumer installmenl credit (4SSbzsi<br />
sai adjusted IFccaral Rexrvel<br />
38 2046673295<br />
Forbes a August 14, 1995<br />
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/agf97d00/pdf
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