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U.S. core producer inflation up, housing still mired (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:30:31 +0000

Reuters - The troubled U.S. housing sector
delivered more gloomy news on the flagging economy on Tuesday,
while evidence of inflation pressures continued to lurk in the
producer pipeline.

US housing starts slip 0.6 percent (AFP)

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AFP - US housing starts fell 0.6 percent in February, the government reported Tuesday in a sign of more pain for the troubled real estate market.

Paulson admits U.S. economy in sharp decline (Reuters)

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Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson on Tuesday described the economy as being in “sharp
decline,” the closest he has come yet to conceding an
election-year recession has set in.

Prices up, housing contruction drops (AP)

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AP - Wholesale prices rose again in February as another hefty increase in energy costs offset falling food prices. Outside of food and energy, prices shot up at the fastest pace in 15 months.

Sharp downturn in US economy: Paulson (AFP)

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AFP - The US economy has turned down sharply, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson acknowledged Tuesday.

February home starts fell 0.6 pct to 1.065 mln pace (Reuters)

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Reuters - U.S. home building projects started
in February fell by 0.6 percent to a higher-than-expected
annual rate while building permit activity, a sign of future
construction plans, dropped off 7.8 percent, a government
report on Tuesday showed.

Treasury’s Paulson: U.S. economy in sharp downturn (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:30:31 +0000

Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson said on Tuesday the U.S. economy had turned down
sharply but declined to label the situation a recession.

Wall Street turmoil ripples across Main Street (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:30:31 +0000

Reuters - Turmoil on Wall Street is pushing
financial professionals to the therapist’s couch, scaring them
off power lunches and testing the mettle of small investors
caught in the vortex.

Poll finds broad pessimism over economy (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:30:31 +0000

Reuters - More than three in four Americans
think the United States is in a recession according to a USA
Today/Gallup Poll released on Tuesday.

In Zimbabwe, hungry voters ask who will feed us? (Reuters)

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Reuters - With her hand on her cheek,
the 68-year-old woman gazes patiently at the cars racing past
her, hoping someone will stop and buy the firewood at her feet
so that she can feed her three grandchildren.