Business: Nixon's Temptation to Shift Policy

AIOARD Air Force One on the flight back to Washington from San Clemente on the day after last week's elections, President Nixon huddled with advisers to discuss the budget that he will send to Congress in January. Over the next few weeks, he will have to decide how much he dares to spend to get the economy moving faster. There is a good chance that he will let the budget drift into a big deficit for 1972, even at the fearful risk of running a higher rate of inflation than he wants.

Economic issues, especially...

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