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[-said]: Overall, the pickup in growth doesn't look half as good when you realize that most of it was due to inventory accumulation,
newschannel5 27-JAN-12
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[ said]: It will be very hard for consumption growth this quarter to match what we saw last quarter,
IHT 27-JAN-12
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[-said]: The good news is that the growth rate of business investment should accelerate again in the first quarter,
news 26-JAN-12
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[ said]: is still resistant to the apparent slowdown in growth elsewhere, particularly in Europe,
news_com_au 18-JAN-12
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[ said]: Both headline and core inflation should be a lot lower by the end of this year,
AP 18-JAN-12
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[-said]: this is a bigger than normal seasonal effect linked to the increased popularity of online holiday shopping.
theglobeandmail 06-JAN-12
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[ said]: The inflation rate is still elevated, but we know it will fall sharply next year, giving the Fed free rein to act aggressively in trying to bring down the unemployment rate,
AP 16-DEC-11
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[ said]: It's the threat that's keeping everyone glued to their screens at the moment,
news 07-DEC-11
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[ said]: If you go back to August, all sorts of people were telling us that the economy was headed straight into recession ,
IHT 02-DEC-11
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[-said]: Things are getting a bit better, but perhaps only temporarily,
AP 02-DEC-11
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[ said]: The unemployment rate is still very high, but any improvement is welcome, particularly against such a troubling global backdrop,
telegraph 02-DEC-11
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[ said]: Obviously, these moves are designed to increase the flow of dollar liquidity to European banks, which are struggling to attract short-term funding because of questions about their exposure to potential losses on holdings of European sovereign bonds,
ChinaPost 01-DEC-11
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[ said]: A lot of what has been happening in the U.S. markets has been weighed down by the European situation,
latimes 01-DEC-11
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[-added]: The ECB actually makes the loans to these banks, so the Fed is not on the hook for any losses if a European bank failed,
ChinaPost 01-DEC-11
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[ said]: We just wouldn't draw any firm conclusions from these numbers,
reuters 29-NOV-11
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[ said]: The world is struggling along, with downside risks from a bust-up of the euro-zone, or Greece, Italy and Spain leaving. It might be that Europe just runs out of time to fix its problems,
thestar 28-NOV-11
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[ said]: The world is struggling along, with downside risks from a bust-up of the eurozone, or Greece, Italy and Spain leaving. It might be that Europe just runs out of time to fix its problems,
msnbc 28-NOV-11
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[ said]: The economy looks to be moving in the right direction, but the first quarter could be a different story, particularly if the payroll tax cut isn't extended, which looks even more unlikely after the super committee fiasco,
ibtimes 22-NOV-11
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[ said]: The failure does illustrate yet again the inability of Congress to take the tough decisions to put the federal finances on a sustainable path over the medium term,
theglobeandmail 21-NOV-11
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[ said]: With all this pressure to reach an agreement, it really doesn't look good if they can't find a solution,
guardian 18-NOV-11
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[ said]: The continued resilience of manufacturing is encouraging, since this should be the sector most exposed to the global economic slowdown,
AP 16-NOV-11
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[ said]: The view of the hawks is that once the decision has been made by the majority, it just causes confusion if they continue to vote to roll back action that has already been taken,
ChinaPost 03-NOV-11
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[ said]: The good news is that employment growth appears stable,
msnbc 02-NOV-11
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[ said]: The most likely option is that the Fed will make its forward-looking guidance more explicit, by pledging to leave short rates at near-zero until the unemployment rate falls below a certain level,
theglobeandmail 02-NOV-11
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[-said]: While our baseline forecast does not include an outright contraction, we expect GDP growth to average a very lackluster 1.5 per cent next year,
economictimes 28-OCT-11
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[-said]: The sharp decline in the saving rate doesn't concern us quite as much as it did, since it is possible that it partly reflects a sharp decline in debt servicing costs,
latimes 28-OCT-11
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[-said]: While our baseline forecast does not include an outright contraction, we expect GDP growth to average a very lackluster 1.5% next year,
news 27-OCT-11
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[ said]: Households funded their extra consumption by running down their saving rate,
CBC 27-OCT-11
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[ said]: A recession now looks a lot less likely, but economic growth is still going to be pretty weak,
ChinaPost 21-OCT-11
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[-said]: The third quarter turned out to be a lot better than some feared and the economy has a little momentum going into the fourth,
AP 19-OCT-11
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[ said]: Overall, headline inflation should now have peaked and will drop below the core rate in the second half of next year,
theglobeandmail 19-OCT-11
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[ said]: mildly encouraging,
AP 03-OCT-11
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[ said]: The cost of borrowing simply isn’t the problem,
dailytimesPK 23-SEP-11
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[ said]: Given the weakness of the (recent US) economic data, the (Federal Reserve) is now almost certain to do something, but exactly what is still not entirely clear,
channelnewsasia 21-SEP-11
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[ said]: Given the weakness of the (recent U.S.) economic data, the (Federal Reserve) is now almost certain to do something, but exactly what is still not entirely clear,
wsj 21-SEP-11
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[ said]: The cost of borrowing simply isn't the problem,
news 21-SEP-11
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[ said]: The continued rise in inflation in August ... is another reason to suspect that the Fed will shy away from a further round of full-blown quantitative easing for the time being,
nzherald 16-SEP-11
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[ said]: Core inflation will remain at or above the Fed's implicit two per cent target until at least the middle of next year,
news_com_au 16-SEP-11
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[ said]: The incoming data in the real economy is still pretty weak,
independent 16-SEP-11
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[ said]: Core inflation will remain at or above the Fed's implicit two percent target until at least the middle of next year,
AP 15-SEP-11
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[ said]: These payroll tax reductions are the proposals that have the greatest chance of getting passed by Congress because it will be harder for Republicans to vote against proposed tax cuts,
thestandard 11-SEP-11
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[-says]: In an environment where economic confidence has been almost completely destroyed, there is a risk that both households and small businesses will save a greater proportion of any windfall, particularly if they know the reduction is only temporary,
news 11-SEP-11
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[ says]: The cost of borrowing isn't really the problem,
AP 11-SEP-11
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[-says]: It's the best tool they've got,
AP 11-SEP-11
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[ said]: Bernanke probably didn't want to antagonise the hawks who voted against the decision at August's meeting,
scmp 10-SEP-11
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[ said]: Bernanke probably didn't want to antagonize the hawks who voted against the decision at August's meeting,
news 09-SEP-11
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[ said]: The original Obama stimulus in 2009, which was nearly $800 billion, albeit spread over slightly more than two years, didn't do it. The payroll tax cut at the start of this year didn't do it, either,
msnbc 09-SEP-11
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[ said]: Bernanke probably didn’t want to antagonize the hawks who voted against the decision at August’s meeting,
japantoday 09-SEP-11
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[ said]: With the FOMC clearly split, Bernanke probably didn't want to antagonize the hawks who voted against the decision at August's meeting,
reuters 08-SEP-11
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[ said]: The unexpected rebound (in the ISM report) will help to ease recession fears following last week’s news that payroll employment stagnated,
khaleejtimes 07-SEP-11
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[ said]: The unexpected rebound will help to ease recession fears following last week’s news that payroll employment stagnated,
dailytimesPK 07-SEP-11
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[ said]: The unexpected rebound will help to ease recession fears following last week's news that payroll employment stagnated,
reuters 06-SEP-11
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[ said]: The unexpected rebound (in the ISM report) will help to ease recession fears following last week's news that payroll employment stagnated,
news 06-SEP-11
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[ said]: The cost of borrowing is not the problem,
IHT 03-SEP-11
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[ said]: The stagnation in US payroll employment is an ominous sign,
EgyptianGazette 03-SEP-11
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[ said]: The stagnation in U.S. payroll employment is an ominous sign,
france24 03-SEP-11
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[ said]: The stagnation in payroll employment is an ominous sign,
theglobeandmail 02-SEP-11
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[-wrote]: Even allowing for the disruption of the strike by 45,000 Verizon workers last month, the stagnation in U.S. payroll employment is an ominous sign,
msnbc 02-SEP-11
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[ said]: Today's releases add to the evidence that underlying economic conditions aren't half as bad as feared a few weeks ago,
AP 01-SEP-11
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[ said]: The non-farm payrolls figure is still likely to be a bit weaker because it will be affected by the strike by 45,000 Verizon workers last month,
news 31-AUG-11
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[ said]: We wouldn't be surprised to see confidence begin to bounce back over the next few months,
news 30-AUG-11
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[ said]: That is a little disconcerting as it suggests a drop back in commodity prices wouldn't necessarily put the recovery back on track,
telegraph 21-JUL-11
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[ said]: With the clock ticking, we doubt there is time to reach agreement on a comprehensive plan,
msnbc 20-JUL-11
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[ said]: There is no demand,
wsj 18-JUL-11
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[-said]: We wouldn't be surprised to see clothing prices eventually come back down a bit, although not until 2012,
AP 15-JUL-11
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[ said]: We expect a lot of the pickup in core inflation to be reversed, but that won't happen until perhaps early next year,
AP 15-JUL-11
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[-said]: The Fed wants to wait and see if the drop off in economic growth was due to transitory factors and whether inflation drops back,
japantoday 14-JUL-11
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[ says]: Oil has obviously come off, so you’re going to have a significant drop back there,
rt 12-JUL-11
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[ said]: It was horrible. There’s no word to sugarcoat that,
msnbc 08-JUL-11
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[ said]: June's U.S. employment report doesn't have a single redeeming feature,
theglobeandmail 08-JUL-11
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[-said]: We’ve got a very patchy recovery,
msnbc 08-JUL-11
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[-said]: We’ve recovered some of the lost jobs, but really if you look at that employment-population ratio — which is the ultimate yardstick of the slack labor market — there's just no improvement at all. It’s devastating,
msnbc 08-JUL-11
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[ said]: June's employment report doesn't have a single redeeming feature,
news 08-JUL-11
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[ said]: suggests that the U.S. economy started to recover some of the momentum lost over the preceding couple of months,
news 07-JUL-11
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[ says]: nightmare scenario
guardian 03-JUL-11
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[ said]: The rebound in orders for new durable goods in May will help ease any fears that the economy is headed for a double-dip recession,
AP 24-JUN-11
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[ said]: Look at Japan, which has public debt that in gross terms amounts to 200 percent of GDP,
msnbc 24-JUN-11
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[ said]: The statement issued today after the end of the two-day FOMC meeting offers no hint that the recent signs of a renewed economic slowdown might tempt the Fed to launch another round of large-scale asset purchases,
finanznachrichten 22-JUN-11
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[ said]: is probably now close to peaking,
news 16-JUN-11
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[-said]: Things seem to be getting back to normal in Japan, so supply disruptions should ease up and it should unwind itself,
news 16-JUN-11
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[ said]: It is quite a big increase, although some of it is temporary,
expressindia 16-JUN-11
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[-said]: Certainly things have slowed down a bit, but I don't think it's a big deal,
AP 15-JUN-11
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[ said]: The slump illustrates the extent of the economic slowdown,
CBC 15-JUN-11
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[ writes]: more signs of mounting economic weakness and evidence that the upward pressure on inflation is beginning to fade,
irishsun 14-JUN-11
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[ said]: The economy clearly just hit a brick wall,
IHT 04-JUN-11
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[-said]: The pace of growth in the non-manufacturing sector has lost a lot of momentum over the past couple of months,
AP 04-JUN-11
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[ said]: which for a recovery that is less than two years old is troubling,
thestar 02-JUN-11
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[ said]: It looks like this recovery has hit its second ‘soft patch’ which, for a recovery that is less than two years old, is troubling to say the least,
ft 02-JUN-11
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[ says]: Some of those temporary factors will reverse themselves,
washtimes 02-JUN-11
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[ pointed out]: noted Mike Riddell of M&G Investments. Home prices are down, foreclosures are up. Commodity prices are rising and many Americans remain unemployed, some have even exasperated their allotted unemployment benefits, leaving them with nearly no options. A recent report by Capital Economics found drops in first quarter home prices indicated the prices had fallen by more than they did during the Great Depression. US Treasury Bonds have now fallen to their lowest levels since December 2010. Overall doubts abo
rt 02-JUN-11
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[ wrote]: The first-quarter productivity figures show that U.S. firms have been finding it a lot harder over the past year to improve the efficiency of their work forces,
theglobeandmail 07-MAY-11
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[ writes]: The bigger problem is the rebound in the unemployment rate to 9.0 percent, from 8.8 percent,
csmonitor 06-MAY-11
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[ said]: During the recession and early stages of the recovery, firms were able to put pressure on workers to take pay cuts/freezes, agree to changes in working practices or simply work harder,
AP 05-MAY-11
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[-said]: That just shows you the gap between manufacturing and the rest of the economy,
economictimes 03-MAY-11
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[-said]: As it stands now, we could see such a bill being passed some time in 2012 when the (presidential and congressional) election campaign is in full swing,
thestar 28-APR-11
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[ said]: All things considered, it could have been worse,
msnbc 28-APR-11
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[ notes]: We suspect that the Fed’s forecasts, particularly any changes to them, will begin to take on more significance for the markets,
theglobeandmail 25-APR-11
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[ said]: The Fed might also be concerned to see that the prices received index climbed sharply even though output growth seems to be tailing off and the prices paid index dropped back a little,
ibtimes 21-APR-11
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