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President Clinton's New Markets Tour
November
1999
The strength and historic duration of our current economic expansion
has helped bring economic opportunity to millions of Americans once cut off
from the economic mainstream. Wages are rising for all income groups and
welfare rolls are shrinking. The economy has created more than 19 million new
jobs since January 1993. Unemployment has dropped from 7.2 % to just 4.2 %. But
there is more work to do, particularly in those communities that are
economically underserved, such as Newark, Hartford, rural Arkansas, and
Englewood (in Chicago). This tour will spotlight the great potential for
growth, profit, and economic opportunity in these untapped markets. It will
also show how long-term partnerships can be used as a model for tapping this
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