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TABLE B-36.—Average weekly hours and hourly earnings in selected private nonagriculturalindustries, 1947-80[For production or nonsupervisory workers; monthly data seasonally adjusted]Year ormonthTotalprivatenonagricultural1Average weekly hoursManufacturingConstructionWholesaleandretailtradeTotalprivatenonagriculturallAverage gross hourly earnings,current dollarsManufacturingConstructionWholesaleandretailtradeAdjusted hourly earnings, totalprivate nonagricultural 3Index,1967-100Currentdollars1967dollars 3Percent changefrom a yearearlier 4Currentdollars1967dollars1947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959I960...19611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980"1979:JanFebMarfczz JuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec1980:JanFebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec"40.340.039.439.839.939.939.639.139.639.338.838.539.038.638.638.738.838.738.838.638.037.837.737.136.937.036.936.536.136.136.035.835.635.335.735.735.935.335.635.635.635.735.635.635.635.735.635.535.435.335.135.034.935.135.235.335.435.440.440.039.140.540.640.740.539.640.740.439.839.240.339.739.840.440.540.741.241.440.640.740.639.839.940540.740.039.540.140.340.440.239.740.640.640.639.340.240.140.140,140.140.140.140.240.340.139.839.839.339.139.039.439.639.739.940.238.238.137.737.438.138.937.937.237.137.537.036.837.036.736.937.037.337.237.437.637.737.337.937.337.236.536.836.636.436.836.536.837.037.036.736.937.535.637.137.236.937.337.536.837.037.237.337.136.636.736.837.136.836.537.437.037.137.040.540.440.540.540.540.0: 39.5< 39.539.439.138.738.638.838.638.338.238.137.937.737.136.636.135.735.335.134.934.634.233.933.733.332.932.632.132.532.632.732.832.632.632.632.632.632.632.632.632.632.432.332.032.131.931.832.032.132.232.232.2$1,1311.2251.2751.3351.451.521.611.651.711.801.891.952.022.092.142.222.282.362.462.562.682.853.043.233.453.703.944.244.534.865.255.696.166.665.965.996.036.036.086.136.176.226.266.286.346.396.416.456.516.546.576.626.676.716.776.836.916.95$1,2161.3271.3761.4391.561.641.741.781.851.952.042.102.192.262.322.392.452.532.612.712.823.013.193.353.573.824.094.424.835.225.686.176.697.276.476.526.566.576.656.696.736.756.796.826.876.916.936.997.067.117.157.227.307.367.427.497.58,7.64$1,5401.7121.7921.8632.022.132.282.382.452.572.712.822.933.073.203.313.413.553.703.894.114.414.795.245.696.066.416.817.317.718.108.669.279.938.969.069.059.139.209.219.299.339.399.409.489.559.469.649.759.799.839.899.9410.0410.0510.1410.2010.29$0,9401.0101.0601.1001.181.231.301.351.401.471.541.601.661.711.761.831.891.972.042.142.252.412.562.722.883.053.233.483.733.974.284.675.065.484.914.934.974.995.015.055.075.115.135.155.205.235.285.315.375.385.425.455.505.535.565.595.655.6842.646.048.250.053.756.459.661.763.767.070.373.275.878.480.883.585.988.291.295.3100.0106.2113.2120.7129.2137.5146.0157.5170.6183.0196.8212.9229.8250.6222.6224.0225.2226.7227.6229.2230.8232.3234.3235.0237.3239.4240.3242.4245.2246.2248.3250.9252.1254.0255.4257.9260.7261.663.763.867.569.369.070.974.476.679.482.383.484.586.888.490.292.293.795.096.698.0100.0101.9103.1103.8106.5109.7109.7106.7105.9107.3108.4109.0105.6108.4107.8107.3106.9106.3105.9105.5105.2104.9104.2104.1103.8102.7102.2102.0101.4101.4101.5102.0102.0101.5101.5101.6So 4.83.77.45.05.73.53.25.24.94.13.63.43.13.32.92.73.44,54.96.26.66.67.06.46.27.98.37.37.58.27.99.18.28.48.28.07.87.97.88.08.27.78.28.37.98.28.98.69.19.49.29.39.09.79.89.30.25.82.7-.42.84.93.03.73.71.31.32.71.82.02.21.61.41.71.42.01.91.2.72.63.0.0-2.7-.71.31.0.6-3.11 Also includes other private industry groups shown in Table 8-35."Adjusted for overtime (in manufacturing only) and for interindustry employment shifts.3 Current dollar earnings index divided by the consumer price index (revised index for urban wage earners and clericalworkers used beginning 1978).4 Monthly data are computed from indexes to two decimal places.Note.-See Note, Table B-35.Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.274-1.1-1.4-1.9-2.4-2.8-2.9-3.3-3.5-3.7-4.2-4.1-4.5-5.3-5.2-5.0-5.2-4.6-4.2-3.4-3.0-3.2-2.5-2.5
TABLE B-37.—Average weekly earnings in selected private nonagricultural industries, 1947-80Year or month194719481949 ;195019511952195319541955195619571958 ...1959 .I960 .19611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977 . . . .197819791980 p1979:JanFebMarAnr£••:8. :.•SeptOctNov ....Dec1980:JanFebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNov"Dec p[For production or nonsupervisory workers; monthly data seasonally adjusted]Total privatenonagricultural 1Currentdollars$45.5849.0050.24531357.8660.6563.7664.5267.7270 7473.3375.0878.7880.6782.6085.9188.4691.33954598.82101.84107.73114.6111983127.31136.90145.39154.76163.53175.45189.00203.70219.3023510212.77213.84216.48212.86216.45218.23219.65222.05222.86223.57225.70228.12228 20228.98230.45230.86230.61231.70232.78235.52238.30241.10244.61246.031967dollars 2$68.1367.9670.3673 6974.3776.2979.6080.1584.44869086.9986.7090.2490.9592.1994.8296.4798.3110101101.67101.84103.39104.38103 04104.95109.26109.23104.78101.45102 90104.13104.30100.73103.59102.96103.13100.41101.10100.85100.43100.5299.7699.1099.0398.8897 5296.5395.8295 0894.1693.7794.1794.6294.7594.9295.33Average gross weekly earningsManufacturing(currentdollars)$49.1353.0853.8058.2863.3466.7570.4770.4975.3078.7881.1982.3288.2689.7292.3496.5699.23102.97107 53112.19114.49122.51129.51133 33142.44154.71166.46176.80190.79209.32228.90249.27268.94288.62262.68264.71266.34258.20267.33268.27269.87270.68272.28273.48275,49277.78279 28280.30280.99282.98281.00282.30284.70289.98293.83297.35302.44307.13Construction(currentdollars)$58.8365.2367.5669 6876.9682.8686.4188.5490.909638100.27103.78108.41112.67118.08122.47127.19132.0613838146.26154.95164.49181.5419545211.67221.19235.89249.25266.08283.73295.65318.69342.99367.41328.83334.31339.38325.03341.32342.61342.80348.01352.13345.92350.76355.26352 86357.64356.85359 29361.74366.92365.79366.46375.87375.18378.42380.73Wholesaleand retailtrorfa(currentdollars)$38.0740.8042.9344.5547.7949.2051.3553.3355.1657.4859.6061.7664.4166.0167.4169.9172.0174.6676.9179.3982.3587.0091.3996 02101,09106.45111.76119.02126.45133.79142.52153.64164.96175.91159.58160.72162.52163.67163.33164.63165.28166.59167.24167.89169.52170.50172.13172.04173.45172.16173.98173.86174.90176.96178.48180.00181.93182.90Percent change fromprivatenonagricultural 3Currentdollars7.52.55.88.94.85.11.25.04.53.72.44.92.42.44.03.03.24.53.53.15.86.44.66.27.56.26.45.77.37.77.87.77.29.69.48.65.47.67.17.27.67.96.97.27.46.96.86.68.26.56.45.76.66.47.58.28.21967dollarsjroups shown in Table B-35.2 Earnings in current dollars dividi the consumer price index (revised index for urban wage earners and clerical workers usedbeginning 1978).3 Based on unadjusted data.Note.—See Note, Table 8-35.Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.-0.23.547.92.64.35.429 .1-.34.1.81.42.91.71.927.7.21.51.0-131.94.1-.0-4.1-3.21.41.2 2-3.4.1-.5-1.6-4.8-3.0-3.6-3.9-3.9-3.9-4.9-4.9-5.3-6 2-6.5-7.0-5.6-6.9-6.9-6.5-5.4-5.5-4.6-3.9275
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Economic Reportof the PresidentTran
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ECONOMIC REPORTOF THE PRESIDENT
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We have heard much about American i
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at an approach that took account of
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een due to overall demand in the ec
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to $27.5 billion in the new budget
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ductions would amount to over $27 b
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10 percent inflation rate, keeping
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tutes for petroleum. The Synthetic
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esponse can be so large as to wipe
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THE ANNUAL REPORTOF THECOUNCIL OF E
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CONTENTSCHAPTER 1. INFLATION AND GR
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PageChallenges to the International
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CHAPTER 1Inflation and Growth in th
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needed to control inflation by resi
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decline in productivity growth may
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Chart 1Standard Unit Labor CostsPER
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end of 1974 the world price of oil
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price decisions cannot easily be re
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Federal budget achieved a surplus.
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As an abrupt increase in the price
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policies but are based on the wides
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tion, and can policies be designed
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duction and employment to grow only
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Moreover, their actions must indica
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Starting with its 1975 targets as a
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well after the fact whether the mon
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Reserve provides some flexibility i
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in response to circumstances in par
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Although the flexibility of TIPs ma
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ard or that thought the administrat
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given standard, as the reward and t
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large firms. Even among large firms
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cause declining productivity growth
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vanced technology and will therefor
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ather than restoring the growth of
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correct some of the distortions in
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higher than it would otherwise be b
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EXPECTED PRODUCTIVITY GAINSAlthough
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supply of adult men in the work for
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increase demand pressures, especial
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time hours also has drawbacks. For
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eintroduce the problem of changing
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CHAPTER 2Improving the Adaptability
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use less and produce more energy in
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expectation of price controls or fu
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dependence on foreign oil mean that
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While the market solution might pro
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High energy prices and excessive de
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part, the interests of these partie
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Federal regulations designed to pro
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Agency (EPA) from considering prosp
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other things, that federally assist
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ing services. Money-market mutual f
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holdings of consumer and business l
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they once had and thus cannot conti
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finding ways around outdated regula
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proportion of the existing farms pr
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prices for years in the future, reg
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derground water resources once thou
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comprehensive, actuarial crop insur
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duced a decline in the median age o
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elude government investments in loc
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some of the firms in the chosen sec
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CHAPTER 3The Economy: Review and Pr
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uild up oil inventories and maintai
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Chart 7Selected Interest Ratesand B
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had risen just 2 months earlier. By
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Chart 8Personal Saving RatePERCENT1
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chief cyclical determinant of housi
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ment were sharply diminished by the
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dropped even faster, in large part
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ployment grew more vigorously after
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terials fell for a full third of th
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1979, slowed to a 19 percent annual
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costs of production. The evidence s
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sharp decline in output in the seco
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ecord high interest rates during th
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automatic transfer services (ATS) n
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plunged in March, although the only
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(FHLB) System increased their borro
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THE PROSPECTS FOR 1981 AND 1982In 1
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expectations. Of course, if the eco
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The uncertainty of developments in
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produce a slight decline in the sav
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more rapid growth thereafter. Durin
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eemergence of modest but sustained
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hike would depend on many factors,
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major revision of the NIPA occurred
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per year. This modest acceleration
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THE INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES: TRENDS AN
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Chart 10Labor Costs, Value-Added De
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Rather, the German current account
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TABLE 30.—Inflation in major indu
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THE GLOBAL OIL MARKETTable 31 summa
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may be preserved. Stocks are in fac
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straint on growth. Finally, policie
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outside government, both at home an
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ates are high, differences in polic
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Japanese trade performance in volum
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No "Say's Law" operates in internat
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the cost of the loans, and they may
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At the same time, access to the IMF
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to closer cooperation is to risk a
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While all countries, in attempting
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threats of disruption, market-shari
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTALCOUNCIL OF ECO
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Past Council Members and their date
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1977 to review selected analyses of
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Page 269 and 270: TABLE B-26.—Population by age gro
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TABLE B-79-—Maturity distribution
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TABLE B-81.—Corporate profits by
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TABLE B-83.—Sales, profits, and s
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TABLE B-85.—Relation of profits a
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TABLE B-87.—Sources and uses of f
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TABLE B-89-—State and municipal a
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TABLE B-91.—Business formation an
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TABLE B-93.—Farm output ami produ
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Year or month1940194119421943194419
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TABLE B-97.—Balance sheet of the
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TABLE B-99— U.S. international tr
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TABLE B-100.—U.S. merchandise exp
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TABLE B-102.—U.S. merchandise exp
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TABLE B-104.— World trade: Export
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TABLE B-106.—International reserv
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• • ' •TABLE B-108.—Industr
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TABLE B-110.—Summary of major U.S
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