Miracle needed
CAN Rudolph Giuliani, just re-elected mayor by a landslide, get to grips with New York's economy as he has got to grips with its criminals? New Yorkers are hoping that his second term will produce another miracle: a sustained fall in the city's persistently high rate of unemployment. The chances of success will be clearer after his inauguration speech on January 1st.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Miracle needed”
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