Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...squeeze. They would simply buy up so many outstanding futures contracts that there would not be enough metal available to meet demand if the contract holders insisted upon delivery of real silver, rather than being willing to turn their paper profits into cash, when their contracts expired. That would push prices into outer space on the spot market, as unfortunate speculators who had contracted to deliver silver scrambled to buy the limited supply to meet their legal commitments...
Taxes: High taxes have been virtually eliminated to stimulate investment.Corporate and personal income taxes have been "indexed" so inflation does not automatically push payers into higher brackets; and the double taxation of corporate dividends has been abolished. The treasury is recovering lost revenues with a 20% value-added tax on everything from food to cars. In short, sales taxes have increased so that income taxes could be reduced, freeing up funds for investment...
March 25: On the 134 ballot the Cambridge City Council breaks its deadlock by electing Alfred Vellucci Mayor. Velucci promises to push for the conversion of Harvard Yard into low-cost condominiums for the working people of Cambridge...
...inflation: the price-level during the past 30 years has become less and less firmly anchored in the real economy; increasingly, the economy behaves as if it were indexed. What that means is that wage rates tend to chase prices, and, in turn, push up labor costs, which in turn, push up prices--a "dog-chasing own-tail" inertial process that, once it becomes embedded in the economy at a certain speed, is very hard to slow down. If yesterday wage rates were rising at 9 per cent, with trend productivity increasing at 1 per cent and therefore labor costs...