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The article discusses excess capacity in the marketplace's supply-demand framework and the prevention of overexpansion in U.S. industries. Although excess capacity is viewed as an inflation control, a "profit squeeze" results from excess capacity, which reduces prices and profits, as well as the incentive to expand. Excess capacity can also be defined from resource use and cyclical viewpoints. Topics include trends in excess capacity, collection of economic intelligence, policy formation, and advice for analyzing excess capacity.

The article discusses industrial mobilization in the United States and its by-product of inflation in a civilian economy. America won World War II--which is characterized as a war of mobilization--because of U.S. productivity, the enemy's dispersal of resources, distance from the overseas front lines, defensive victories of U.S. allies, and the time factor. Without a margin of safety from the momentum of economic mobilization during war, inflation can be regulated and consumption supported with a peacetime policy of installment buying and controlled pricing. Topics include the Soviet strategy for a "lend-lease" war, dependence of American industrial productivity on strategic imports, and the idea of "preparedness prosperity."

The article focuses on the impact of military mobilization on the United States economy since the World War II era. Economic expansion is attributed to a depreciating dollar, rather than real growth in gross national product (GNP). The 53% increase in GNP during World War II and government expenditure rising by 450%, along with the subsequent decline in private domestic investment suggest that mobilization expenditures will reduce investment and capital formation, which in turn impacts industrial capacity and future output. Topics include liquid savings in a civilian economy, a balanced budget, and the effect of a cheap money policy on inflation.

Comments on implications of revised United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) productivity data for the economy, monetary and fiscal policy, and for investors. Productivity growth and the so-called New Economy; Measurement of productivity growth; Evolution of change; Rates of growth without inflation; Comparison to previous periods; Industries; Comparison to other countries; Monetary and fiscal policy; Outlook.

Analyzes the November 1999 decision of the United States Federal Reserve to raise the federal funds and discount rates and rescind the bias toward tighter policy. Immediate and subsequent reaction of stock and bond prices; Analysis of economic indicators, including prices and industrial production; Worker compensation, and outlook for productivity and inflation.

The article discusses different ways on how productivity and operating efficiency could be maintained when the economy slumps and profits start decreasing. It mentions suggestions by various top executives of industries on how to boost productivity during economic inflation in the U.S., as experienced during U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's administration. It includes examples to explain that reducing work force always is not profitable to decrease cost and increase productivity.

An editorial is presented on economic instability and the impact of inflation on global markets. The author reflects on the relationship between stable inflation and a given rate of unemployment. Other topics include asset prices, the impact of deflation, investment bubbles, and the relationship between corporate profits and workers' wages.

Suggests that the early 2000 rise in the price of oil could contribute to inflation and global recession. Impact of oil price increases in previous years; Price of crude oil as of March 11, 2000; Reasons for underestimation of the economic consequences of the increase; How rising oil prices can reduce industrial output; Factors that will affect the impact of the oil price increase; Impact on developing countries.

Comments on the U.S. Federal Reserve and monetary policy. Assertion that prices for goods and services has risen; Examples of how much prices rose in the past few months; Idea that the Fed thinks the slack in the labor market will stop inflation; Assertion that the risk of deflation is fictional.

Editorial. Discusses the growth in productivity in the United States and the implications that this acceleration raises. How productivity rose during the last half of 1999 and for the entire year; The effect on living standards, profits and budget surplus; Suggestions made by Sun Microsystem Inc.'s President Edward Zander that the US is in the third year of a 10-to-15-year, high-technology cycle that is just beginning to have an impact on productivity.

Looks at unemployment and the minimum wage. Comparison of President Bill Clinton's proposals to the social engineering behind French unemployment; Comparison of unemployment rates in France and the US; Comparison of minimum wage and inflation in France; Comparison of the decline in US real wages to the low unemployment figures.

Editorial. Comments on the United States Federal Reserve's November 1999 decision to raise interest rates. Justification; Evaluation of the measurement of US labor availability; Revision of productivity statistics; The so-called New Economy; Productivity growth and inflation; Wage gains; Globalization and the US labor supply.

The article reports on Japan's economic recovery. It states that the production which is discounted for inflation rose 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 1978 or at an annual rate of 9.8 percent. Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda insists that the government's ambitious 7 percent growth goal for the year appears within reach and at the same time, the rate of inflation has fallen from a 1974 high of 21 percent to a manageable 4 percent. It also notes that the reason for Japan's diminishing expectations is the increasing annoyance of the U.S. and Europe with its policy of saturating world markets with its goods, while tightly controlling access to its home market.

The article focuses on the negative economic prospects for Canada in 1975, which were boosted by the labor disputes. It states that Canada expected for heightened unemployment, increased inflation, and less production in 1975 as the result of the labor settlements and strikes that interrupted production. It says that the prices of some exports climbed up since the government and private employers have increased wages to respond for the demands of their workers, which on the other hand reduced the country's competitiveness in global markets. It mentions that the strikes conducted by the workers jeopardized the plans of Canada to become the host for the 1976 Olympics. Meanwhile, it was believed that the response of the federal government to the troubles in labor remained incompetent.

The article focuses on inflation prevailing in the Soviet Union. It says that Russian shoppers crowded stores in search of food, gifts, and winter clothes as the New Year of 1975 approached; however, it says that people found better quality and costlier products. It states that inflation is hard to measure in the country due to various forms of hidden inflation, such as goods declining in quality but not in price. At the annual Communist Party Central Committee economic meeting, Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev and other officials revealed that the country's total goods and services output had increased by 5% in 1974 and would reach 6.5% in the new year. It also says that the country plans to add industrial production by 7% in 1975, highlighting the output of heavy machinery.

Opinion. Asserts that excessive fear of inflation in the United States has deprived the nation of greater wealth. Why higher growth is needed to balance the budget without unacceptable cuts to social programs and damage to the nation's infrastructure; Assertion by the author that higher economic growth is possible without inflation; The Commerce Department's report that the economy grew at a rate of 2.8 percent during the first quarter of 1996.

El artículo enfoca en la política monetaria. Se habla de una buena política monetaria y el aprendizaje de la banca central. Según el autor, el objetivo para la política monetaria es "el de establecer la inflación en torno a una meta de baja inflación, acompañada de cierta preocupación por establecer el producto alrededor del producto potencial". Se habla del aprendizaje del sector privado y la transparencia de la banca central. Se habla de cómo modelar una buena política monetaria.

The article reports on the move of Soviet Union in joining the war on poverty. It states that after long neglect, the Kremlin has ordered old-age pensions for collective farmers and pay increases averaging 21% for teachers, doctors, and retail and service workers. It notes that the benefits totaling more than 5 billion dollars annually will be handed out to nearly 25 million Russian citizens for expanding to full coverage in 1965 and stretch out the inflationary impact.

The article reports on the extent of inflation in the U.S. It notes that the real growth in gross national product was 2.6 percent, down by 8% from the previous two quarters preceding July 30, 1973. Consumers became conscious on spending with 23% in the first quarter and is slow in the second quarter. Moreover, corporate profits remain stable as second-quarter profits rose 34% by textile, lumber, oil, and chemical industries, ahead of 28% from the first quarter of 1972.

The article focuses on the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). BRIC economies slow paced due to the global economic slowdown, fears on the credit crisis, and inability of economic policies to revert problems. Brazil is securing long-term economic future through capital spending on infrastructure and equipment while India's economy was hit by the surge in inflation and economic distortion. It is noted that BRIC are taking different paths in solving the economic setbacks.

The article offers information on the increase in industrial production prices in Moldova in the fourth quarter of 2015 and its effect in inflation and mentions industrial production prices index (IPPI) in domestic and foreign markets.

Reports on the effect of inflation on the performance of the construction industry in the United States. Decline in construction volume in the month of August 1996; Increase in unemployment rate in the construction labor markets; Failure of labor shortage to knock wages off their moderate pace.

The article discusses the decline rate of wholesale price inflation in New Delhi, India wherein the India economy has suffered from a dearth of investment and slack consumer demand. It states that the Indian businesses have raised calls for a cut in interest rates to the government. It examines the contraction of industrial production due to the pressure on low interest rates.