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compared with a year ago--particularly in the information technology area...not-for-profits, report increased weakness. More recently, though, New

across-the-board pickup in business technology spending. More firms reported...compared to the previous Beige Book reporting period. With higher milk

prices. As noted earlier, the updated IP indexes incorporated new data...Compared with earlier estimates, capacity utilization for total industry

compared with a year earlier. While department stores, firms in the tourism...for the next 12 months. They expect no turnaround in the economy until

compared with a year ago. For the most part, sales were above plan at ...the month ended on a strong note; virtually all contacts indicate brisk

prices and commercial rents have been rising. Although actual building...compared with recent months. However, some producers of transportation

and see how they compare with each other. It is usually helpful to screen...pricing in the face of competitive pressures. There is a third interesting

for example, a shift in the distribution of income from higher to lower...the private sector norm and, I believe, a sensible direction for federal

and, most important, the development of new intermediaries to supply it...the long-term, fixed-rate, self-amortizing mortgage--which became the

KeyCorp, Cleveland, Ohio—to make certain capital distributions under the