European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 True stars and stripes monday april 24,1989 Ite efforts . Trade deficit is settling at unsettling by High level today s crossword by the i of Angeles to Rae Washington the out sized . Trade deficit which declined smartly last year is leveling offal an ominously High plateau. Even the most optimistic fore casts show it shrinking Only Margi Nally for he Rusl of his year handsome studies predict it will soon Start Back up. Some very disturbing trends Al ready arc in place said Willia Mcline of the Institute far Intima Lional economics the causes Are wide ranging from inc stubbornly Strong Dollar to inc Low . Saving Rale fro american Consumers in Iab e appetite for imports to american manufacturer traditional reluctance to Export. And the possible consequences arc alarming upward pressure on prices new turmoil in financial Rte Arcis and ultimately the end of the . Economic expansion which is in its seventh year. Bui inc prescriptions Tor reducing the Trade deficit further arc not particularly appetizing either. The United states could push the Dol Lar s value Down further which would increase the attractiveness temperatures abroad of . Products but would aggravate inflation. Or it could in Lenl tonally slow the Economy enough to curb inc appetite for imports. The Trade offs now Are All bad said David d. Hale chief economist of Kim per financial service sin Chicago. Anything that policy makers do to Deal with inc problem is Likely to be four years ago by contrast the cure for the growing Trade deficit seemed Clear a cheaper Dollar. The highly valued Dollar had made imports cheap in the United states european weather jew Eva Natiw 5al�4iy Tufia p 66 h to Ottto i. 0 m 40 Imi dam c 41 6 Fri i a i 45 4j Iii. M 79 Ltd a a. T b i . C. 42 61 Hla arid c 45 66kT i 46 49 Whitn. C 39 u so Bixner n e4 �.1 fwrtfucyt113,?nflw� ttwivw3. To Jill far tic of aft de Hart low91 a Whf c b u 39 mint t 48 9g 54 m vat Cuurtis. C it 43 it and . Goods expensive abroad. The Dollar began declining in i9s5 and. After a longer than sex pc cd lag inc Trade deficit finally shrank markedly in 1988 to 1120billion, Down More than 20 percent from the record 1152 billion the year before. It was the smallest an Nual Trade deficit since 1984. Already however improvement sin the Trade deficit have slopped and the monthly merchandise Trade deficit has been stuck on a plateau for about six months. The depart ment of Commerce reported recently that the Trade deficit for february widened to 11 billion up from ss.7 billion the previous month. Projected Oyer the year the 1989 Trade deficit is expected to reach about $ 114 billion on a a slight improvement from 1988. Officers get Jait terms Budapest Hungary a a Budapest military court has sentenced four policemen to jail terms ranging from six months to one year for forcing their Way into private apartment and beating four people the official news Agency mt1 has reported across 1 Cape or. I 4 King Cote 7rrench resort 11 Stratford s River 13 one kind of Trio 14 Baal for one 15 around prefix 16 Jack s place 17 Spanish Painter is iffy Dan obstacle 20 Dorothy or Lillian z2 color24 Pony winks 28 lunar features 32 Silver Follower 33 Pueblo Indiana 37 39 the Falcon 41 pan of Rwy 43 nocturnal creature 44 Deri c card 48 climbing Plant so fan s3 Youvette 1934 go Washer Cycle soeirn.1 a Gold make Hon 61 double curve Down sur passed2 Micro wbb 3 Copper 9 demure to High note 1j european thrushes 19 a boy of storm s6 domes pc slave or Yore g7zuizsait sister Bride 4 Lncoln s state stir. H excited 6 poisonous 31 total 7cheap b altar phrase 21 Maple syrup hasp 23 work unit 25 wheel Hub a aconite 37 soccer Star. 28 bum29 dramatic 3oiouth seas port solution time 24 Man. Saturday1 Aiu wer 4-24 qiiecn3s Mark or Muff learn in 40sclrocm 42 Saltpetre 45 peace a Rumbol 47 u might be red48 shield 49 Eye port 50 Kitten .1 Caysi do nay. 02 Wayside Iven 64 Cushion Moi Toj Tunai hmm Enki 6mis1.c Laid Oil it def c thug Mcm Nylic is .31 3 so 51 19 49 3 is 3q 60 7 w it 4%n is 73 41n m n a 90 so to St to so ii fair Ful Smitru Hill in 47 79 my 11 v n c9 40 a 19 55h ii 41 14 so 36 m ii n h 31gd 41 re so 41 � ?3 m t8- 59 k tit �. Or 4 t8 4 93 5t m 37 79 71 49m 4 april 21 Hilo jmiu.1 kixuv4iu Laucius Klu itflhll.lbvtgn.1 Luke Uluan my wac m7 46 is 77� is 77 son 49 03 49 is 31m 64 ?6
