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Economy continues growth
WASHINGTON — The government's chief economic forecasting gauge jumped sharply in December, flashing its most positive signal for future growth in nearly a decade.
The Associated Press
The Commerce Department issued a report yesterday that showed that the index of Leading Indicators had leapt 1.9 percent, the third consecutive monthly gain and the biggest increase since April 1983, when the nation was emerging from its last recession.
"Even if the numbers are somewhat overstated, there's no question they show we have economic growth ahead of us," said economist David Berson of the Federal National Mortgage Association.
At the White House, Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said President Clinton was encouraged by the rise in the
leading index but was concerned about an index recovery without a recovery in job growth.
Despite the strongest economic growth in four years during the October-to-December quarter, the nation's unemployment rate in December was 7.3 percent, below the eight-year high of 7.7 percent reached in June.
Nine of the index's 11 leading indicators were positive in December. They were:
A 14 percent jump in consumer confidence levels, as measured by a University of Michigan survey.
A drop in the average weekly number of unemployment benefit claims from 372,000 to 334,000.
An increase in new orders to factories for consumer goods.
A rise in contracts for business equipment and new commercial buildings.
An increase in building permits.
A slower drop in the backlog of unfilled orders at factories.
- An increase in buying permits.
- An advance in stock prices as measured by the Standard & Poor's 500.
One tenth of an hour increase in the average work week of factory workers to 41.3 hours.
A slowdown in delivery times of goods, a sign that businesses are less efficient.
Only two indicators were negative. The inflation-adjusted money supply declined and the price of raw materials edged down, a sign of lax demand.
Welfare plan to stress job training
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Clinton pledged yesterday to transform welfare into a "hand up, not a outout" by giving recipients training and then requiring them to work.
Clinton, in a speech to the National Governors' Association, broke little new ground, largely repeating, rhetoric and all, an array of campaign promises he said would "end welfare as we know it" and give dignity to families who work but still find them below the poverty line.
"I think all of us want what most people on welfare want, a country that gives you a hand up, not a hand out," Clinton told the governors.
Highlights of Clinton's proposal include:
Expanding education and training
said.
programs for recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the federal welfare program that went from helping 3.7 million families in 1988 to 4.7 million families last year. In return, recipients would be limited to two years eligibility and be required to work. If no private jobs were available, some sort of community service would have to be performed to collect benefits.
Clinton and aides said such training and strict work requirements were critical to breaking the long-term dependency of 25 percent of welfare recipients.
A bipartisan group of governors rushed to praise Clinton's proposal and pledged to work with his task force on drafting the legislation.
Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit so that no family with a parent who worked 40 hours a week would live below the poverty line. "If there is dignity in all work, there must be dignity for every worker," Clinton
"There is broad bipartisan support among the governors to stand with the president," said Michigan Gov. John Endler, a Republican.
The Senate key figure in welfare reform, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D.N.Y., said he was grafted by Clinton's statement and said he told the White House the legislation could be passed this year.
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Or clean out half the refrigerator, then make herself vomit.
Or become dangerously obsessed with exercise.
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If you suspect any of the above signs of an eating disorder, call Charter Lawrence at 832-0111. Treatment is usually covered by insurance.
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