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For the economy, finally some news not half bad
AP - Fri Jul 25, 6:30 PM ETWASHINGTON - After weeks of one negative report after another, the economy finally got some news Friday that wasn't half bad.
Off the Wires
- For the economy, finally some news not half bad AP - Fri Jul 25, 6:30 PM ET
- Summary Box: Indicators stronger than expected AP - Fri Jul 25, 5:18 PM ET
- Destination retailers feel gas price pinch AP - Fri Jul 25, 5:03 PM ET
- Market rises as data eases economic fears Reuters - Fri Jul 25, 4:31 PM ET
- US new home sales slip in June, but beat forecasts AFP - Fri Jul 25, 3:47 PM ET
News Stories
- Amid Turmoil, U.S. Turns Away From Decades of Deregulation at The Wall Street Journal - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- Fed Report Portrays Stressed Economy at The Washington Post - Thu, Jul 24, 2008
- Fed Report Says Economy Continued to Slow at The New York Times - Thu, Jul 24, 2008
- Rising costs of financial turmoil at Christian Science Monitor - Thu, Jul 24, 2008
- Fed: Slow growth, rising prices hurt economy at CNN/Money - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
Feature Articles
- Strain on household budgets will crimp back-to-school buying at MarketWatch - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar AP via Yahoo! News - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
- The 10 most overpaid jobs in the U.S. at MarketWatch - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
- U.S. middle class losing ground at CNN/Money - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
- As economic woes mount, homeless plan to vote Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
- The smartest advice I ever got at CNN/Money - Tue, Jul 22, 2008
Opinion & Editorials
- Economics as Metaphor at The Wall Street Journal - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- Bailing out the middle class at The Los Angeles Times - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- Recession, Year 8 Ted Rall via Yahoo! News - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- A Depression? Hardly at The Washington Post - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
- A Time for Urgency at The New York Times - Wed, Jul 23, 2008
- Two Fed Myths That Need Debunking at The Washington Post - Tue, Jul 22, 2008
Related Web Sites
- U.S. Economic Calendar
- economic indicators to be released in the coming week. From Yahoo! Finance.
- Economy at a Glance
- Key economic statistics, updated monthly. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Federal Reserve System Beige Book
- provides national and regional summaries of U.S. economic conditions.
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- site includes updates on economic indicators and data.
- The Conference Board
- non-profit, non-advocacy organization that created the consumer confidence index, an economic indicator released monthly. Also tracks leading economic indicators.
- Statistics of Income (SOI)
- Find out more about individual and corporate income from data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the IRS.
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Audio
- Housing Bill Sparks Concern Among Economists at NPR - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- How's The Economy Doing? at NPR - Fri, Jul 25, 2008
- Boomers Find Way To Make Social Impact, Money at NPR - Thu, Jul 24, 2008
Video
- Women victims of poor economy Thu, Jul 24, 2008
- Working women on the decline Tue, Jul 22, 2008
- National League of Cities Summit on State & Local Fiscal Situation at C-SPAN - Tue, May 27, 2003