home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
TIME: Almanac 1990
/
1990 Time Magazine Compact Almanac, The (1991)(Time).iso
/
time
/
091189
/
09118900.019
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1990-09-17
|
1KB
|
19 lines
BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesTHE ECONOMYNot So Blah After All?
For most of the past year, the economy has appeared to be
headed for stagnation, or worse. In July Federal Reserve Board
Chairman Alan Greenspan said a potential recession had replaced
inflation as the leading threat to the U.S. economy. But last week
the dark clouds dissipated a bit when the Commerce Department
reported that the gross national product increased at a healthy
2.7% annual rate during the April-June quarter, a full percentage
point more than the Government had estimated a month ago.
Most of the revision in growth came from higher-than-expected
consumer spending. In a separate announcement, the Government said
consumer spending rose a strong 0.7% during July, partly because
auto shoppers have strongly responded to Detroit's recent round of
car-sales incentives. Said Stan Shipley, senior economist at
Shearson Lehman Hutton: "We're not on the precipice of a recession.
Growth is more likely to be good, but not great."