Word: consumerization
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Galbraith would reinforce the high taxes with indirect controls, such as those already imposed on consumer and real estate credit, as well as certain "selective" price controls on crucial materials like copper and rubber. But the "heavy artillery" of blanket price controls must by all means be held back, he...
Meanwhile, FRB got ready to tighten up further on consumer credit. It thought that Regulation W, which had gone into effect three weeks ago, was too mild. Consumer credit in August had climbed to an alltime peak of $20.9 billion, up $614 million from July.
When compared to the high level of consumer income, credit actually was not quite as high percentagewise (9.5%) as in 1941, when the much smaller $9.8 billion of consumer credit was more than 10% of income. But FRB thought the rate of increase was too fast and should be slowed...
In the same way, the surge of scare buying by civilians in the first post-Korea rush had caught the eye of Congress and helped bring on consumer credit controls. By last week, sales had slumped until they were barely above the previous postwar peak in 1948. Moreover, many a...
Vast expansion of defense outlays here and in Europe is already having and will continue to have a favorable effect upon the Germany economy. Even though the Ruhr will not make new guns, it will provide the steel for new guns and consumer for engineering products and consumer goods from...