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Car-buying spurt helps retail sales
Sep 14 2007 5:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers kept spending in August and factories kept producing, but the gains were weaker than expected as financial market turbulence and a slumping housing market continued to weigh on the economy.
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US industrial output up only slightly
Sep 14 2007 8:59AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up in August at the slowest pace in three months.
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Current account declines in spring
Sep 14 2007 7:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deficit in the broadest measure of U.S. trade declined in the spring, providing hope that the imbalance may finally show signs of improving this year.
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Federal deficit running lower this year
Sep 14 2007 5:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal deficit is running sharply lower than last year even though spending in August set an all-time high, the government reported Thursday.
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