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...statistically stunning and demographically absurd for the Census Bureau to claim that a city whose resident birth rate has risen by at least 23 percent and which has welcomed more than 800,000 legal immigrants to its shores during the past decade has actually lost population," he said at a news conference...
Voters have another opportunity to express frustration in November, when they get to vote on a tax rollback referendum that would slash taxes and fees, which have risen sharply in the past two years, to 1988 levels...
Similar switches have been making life hectic for travel agencies everywhere. Olson-Travelworld Ltd., a large Los Angeles touring company, reports that cancellation rates for tours to Egypt and Israel have risen to 20%, while those for tours to Turkey have risen to 10%. Big British tour operators like Thomson Holidays report the same traveler reluctance: Thomson bookings to Israel, for example, are down 50% from the same period last year. British sun seekers who traditionally flock to beaches in Cyprus or Turkey have also begun shopping around for other roosts. French-owned Club Mediterranee reports that future bookings...
...more than a year, it should not greatly slow the potent Japanese economy, which is growing at a rate of more than 4% a year. But investors are worried that the move could spark a worldwide run-up in interest rates. Since rates on long-term government bonds have risen 55% in Japan and more than 36% in West Germany in the past two years, a new round of hikes could cause a worldwide credit crunch...
...PACIFIC RIM. Japan justifiably claims credit for reducing its dependence on oil imports, down from 77% of total energy supplies in 1973 to 58% today. But ballooning petroleum prices risk sparking inflation. The official inflation rate of 2.5% is understated, since it does not reflect property values that have risen to unprecedented heights in the past five years. Moreover, with the country's rapidly aging population, Japanese companies face a severe labor shortage that threatens to drive up wages and, eventually, prices...