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  • Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson
    Paulson Sees More Home Loan Defaults in 2008

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the number of potential U.S. home-loan defaults "will be significantly bigger" in 2008 than in 2007, the Wall Street Journal's online edition reported.

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    Americans In A Foul Mood As Holidays Approach

    The mood among consumers hit the skids in November as gasoline prices soared and the housing slump worsened.

  • S&P Expects Fed to Cut Funds Rates to 3.5% in 2008

    Standard & Poor's expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to 3.5 percent in 2008 to deal with the fallout from the housing market, S&P's chief European economist said on Wednesday at a banking conference in London.

  • China Places Fresh Curbs on Investing to Slow Growth

    China will clamp down on new investment projects to help keep growth in the world's fourth-largest economy on an even keel, the government said on Wednesday.

  • Shipping containers lay stacked on a cargo ship docked at the Ensenada International Terminal port facility on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. In March 2005, the facility acquired two additional cargo cranes, seen in the background, bringing the total to four. Mexico and some of the world's largest retailers and shipping interests are bolstering Pacific ports south of the border, hoping to catch future runoff as an increasing tide of Asian cargo sails toward already clogged ports i
    Japan Trade Surplus Jumps But Worries Over US

    Japan's exports hit a record high in October and the trade surplus jumped by two-thirds from a year earlier, though the increase was slightly less than forecast, raising concerns that a slowing U.S. economy will hurt Japan's export-led growth.

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    Fed Sees Slower Growth But Wary of Cutting Rates

    The Federal Reserve is expecting slower growth and lower inflation next year. But minutes from the Fed's October meeting show policymarkers were reluctant to cut interest rates further.

  • Dollar and Euro
    Dollar Hits Record Low Against Euro

    The dollar slid to a record low versus the euro after minutes of the Federal Reserve's October meeting failed to give a clear indication on the central bank's next move on rates.

  • Housing Outlook Still Gloomy Despite New Building

    Groundbreaking for U.S. housing rebounded in October but permits for future building hit a 14-year low, indicating the grim market for home construction will likely continue to worsen.

  • Traders at SIG Specialists trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange talk among themselves shortly after the opening bell Monday, April 18, 2005, in New York. Stocks regained some stability Monday following a three-day selloff as strong first-quarter earnings and a pair of merger announcements lent some support to a market battered by worries about economic growth. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
    Markets, Fed Still at Odds Over Outlook for Economy

    The  Fed and financial markets remain at odds over where the economy and interest rates are heading, and fresh Fed forecasts to be released Tuesday are unlikely to bridge that gap.

  • Dollar and Euro
    Dollar Falls vs. Yen as Risk-Taking Eases

    The dollar fell against the yen but held steady versus the euro Monday as global stock losses and high oil prices stoked uncertainty about the health of the U.S. economy and left investors wary of risky trades.

  • Housing, Credit Markets Likely to Sap Economy's Growth

    The painful collapse of the housing market along with the credit crunch will weigh down economic growth in the final three months of this year and cause economic activity to lag in 2008.

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    AMT Is Still Hovering Over 20 Million More Taxpayers

    Time is running out for U.S. lawmakers to prevent millions of unsuspecting middle-income taxpayers from being hit with a tax meant for the very rich.

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    Dollar Falls But Upcoming Gain Seen

    The dollar slipped on Friday, but was still on track for its biggest weekly gain in a month, with dealers wary of adding much to extended bets against the greenback with so much uncertainty surrounding the credit market.

  • Top Fed Officials Cast Doubt on Further Rate Cuts

    Two top Federal Reserve officials on Friday suggested the U.S. economy is unlikely to need lower borrowing costs even as it navigates a possibly rocky stretch in the economy.

  • Dump the Dollar, China State TV Tells Viewers

    Chinese lunchtime television on Friday gave ordinary people a basic tip on how to play the currency markets: sell the dollar!

  • Fed's Poole Casts Doubt on Rate Cut

    A top Federal Reserve official said it would take sharper than expected slowdown in growth to change the Fed's monetary policy stance in a Dow Jones interview released on Friday, casting doubt on market expectations for more interest rate cuts.

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    Mortgage Crisis May Slash Lending Up to $2 Trillion

    The mortgage crisis could have a "dramatic" impact on the  economy by forcing banks and other financial firms to cut lending up  to $2 trillion, a Goldman economist said.

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    Paulson Signals He Expects Dollar Rebound

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday Washington was following a strong dollar policy and indicated he expected it to rebound, emphasising the U.S. economy's long-term strength should help the currency.

  • Industrial Production Unexpectedly Falls 0.5%

    U.S. industrial production unexpectedly fell in October, logging a 0.5 percent decrease, as output shrank at factories, mines and utilities, a Federal Reserve report on Friday showed.

  • Fed's Kroszner: Policy to Aid Economy in Rough Patch

    The Federal Reserve's current policy stance should be just right to help the U.S. economy weather a rough patch in months ahead without triggering inflation, Fed Governor Randall Kroszner said on Friday.