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• Cambridge advises against procrastination

  - 2008-08-13

  A new Bloomberg News survey predicts that economic expansion in the fourth quarter will most likely slow to the weakest pace observed in six years, and this may not be as bad as it gets. At Morgan Stanley Co., Richard Berner, co-head of global economics, describes the credit crunch,...

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• Key messages today: GDP and Fed rate

  - 2008-01-30

  In two key economic events today, the Commerce Department will report the nation's economic pulse when it estimates the fourth-quarter gross domestic product, and the Federal Reserve will set a new target for the federal funds rate. Investors have been expecting the Fed to cut rates half of a percentage...

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• Chief Economist: Housing, Oil Prices Could Hurt Economy Until 2009

  - 2007-09-13

  To: REAL ESTATE EDITORSContact: Rick Ostopowicz, Euler Hermes ACI Public Relations and Communications Specialist, +1-410-753-0652, rick.ostopowicz@eulerhermes.com OWINGS MILLS, Md., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The "decimated" housing market will continue to cause issues for the nation's economy and will not see any improvement until 2009, according to the Chief Economist for...

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• Romney Tells Bloomberg TV: Fed is Showing Appropriate Level of Concern

  - 2007-08-28

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSTo: POLITICAL EDITORS

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• Labour, trade limits unhelpful, Bernanke.

  - 2007-02-07

  Byline: Craig Torres Feb 07, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- US Federal Reserve Board chair Ben Bernanke spoke on the issue of labour market and trade restrictions in a February 2007 speech. Bernanke claimed hindrance of trade and technology...

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• U.S. Payrolls Grow by 75,000 in May As Unemployment Rates Falls to 4.6%

  - 2006-06-12

  Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. economy added 75,000 jobs in May, following a revised 126,000 April increase that was lower than the government initially reported. Labor Department figures showed.Labor also said the unemployment rate fell to 4.6% last month from 4.7%, but wage growth slowed, suggesting employers were wary of stepping up...

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• Manufacturing Sector Expands at Slower Pace in March

  - 2006-04-10

  Bloomberg NewsU.S. manufacturing grew less rapidly in March as prices jumped, setting the economy on course for the first three-year stretch of inflation above the Federal Reserve's preferred range since 1995.The Institute for Supply Managements factory index fell to 55.2 last month from 56.7 in February. Readings on ISM indexes...

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• Employers Add 274,000 Workers to Payrolls in April

  - 2005-05-16

  Bloomberg NewsU.S. employers added 274,000 workers in April - 100,000 more than economists expected - as companies shrugged off higher oil costs and bet the economy would bounce back from a firstquarter slowdown.The Department of Labor on May 6 also boosted its initial estimate for job growth in March and...

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• U.S. dollar poised to extend gains for a second week

  - 2005-01-10

  The dollar may rise for a second straight week against the euro as reports showing U.S. economic growth underscored expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, according to a Bloomberg News survey. Almost 40 percent of the 91 traders, strategists and investors polled from Tokyo to New...

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• Portrush Petroleum Corporation: Scheduling Change

  - 2004-09-21

  VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Portrush Petroleum (OTCBB:PRRPF) (TSX VENTURE:PSH) has been notified that due to the airing of Alan Greenspan's Federal Reserve meeting today, there has been a change in the scheduling of Portrush's informational spot which will be aired on Bloomberg TV Wednesday, September 22, 2004 during Market Line...

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