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Stocks Fall After Sales of Existing Homes Decline
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Stocks skidded lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in sales of existing homes wiped away some of the market's optimism about upbeat earnings reports. The major indexes each lost more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones...Tags: Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Stock Broking, Stock Activities, Fannie Mae
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Reports show Fed facing a dilemma
From wire reportsThe country slogged through slower economic growth and rising prices during the summer, packing a double whammy to people and businesses alike. The Federal Reserve's new snapshot of business conditions, released yesterday, underscored the challenges...Tags: Sales, Federal Reserve, Inflation and Deflation, Consumers, National Government
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Beige book reports gray economy
From Chicago Tribune news servicesThe country slogged through slower economic growth and rising prices during the summer, packing a double whammy to consumers and businesses alike. The Federal Reserve's beige book, a new snapshot of business conditions released Wednesday, underscored the...Tags: Federal Reserve, Inflation and Deflation
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House Approves Housing Rescue Bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The House has passed legislation that aims to help 400,000 strapped homeowners who are facing foreclosure and prevent troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapsing. The 272-152 vote on Wednesday reflected a...Tags: Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Central Bank, Securities, The White House
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Slow Growth, Rising Prices
The country slogged through slower economic growth and rising prices during the summer, packing a double whammy to people and businesses alike. The Fed's new snapshot of business conditions, released Wednesday, also underscored the challenges confronting...Tags: Sales, Federal Reserve, Inflation and Deflation, National Government, Petroleum Industry
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Mortgage Giant Rescue Could Cost $25 Billion
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Congress' top budget analyst says a federal rescue of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion. But Peter R. Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, predicted in a letter...Tags: Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Roy Blunt, Fannie Mae, George Bush
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IN BRIEF
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has notified Comcast Corp. the state will take legal action against the media company if it doesn't agree to eliminate access to child pornography through its Internet service. Cuomo wants major Internet access...Tags: Internet, Federal Reserve, Unemployment, Stock Activities, Economic Sanctions
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The inflation false alarm
It's been a long time since Americans have had cause to worry about inflation, but they are worrying now, and no wonder. Oil prices have doubled in the last year, corn prices are near a record high and the dollar is a weakling in Europe. Last week brought...Tags: Federal Reserve, Energy, Inflation and Deflation, Prices, Petroleum Industry
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Too Late To Dodge Financial Storm
Henry Paulson was in shirt sleeves Thursday afternoon in his office at the Treasury Department, tie loose at the collar, feet propped up on the coffee table. Behind his desk, Bloomberg screens were blinking out instant price quotations from the...Tags: Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, National Government, Fannie Mae, George Bush
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No Bailout For U.S. Dollar
Associated PressFederal rescue plans are all the rage in Washington right now, for what seems to be everything but the dollar. The U.S. currency is not going to get a bailout, even though its steep decline is feeding inflation and straining the economy. Federal...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Inflation and Deflation, Central Bank
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