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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has been running short on inspiration lately and will look to a stream of economic data in the coming week for clues on whether stocks can push beyond the range in which they have been mired in recent weeks.
The reports include figures on housing starts and inflation.
After a short-lived pop following the Federal Reserve's Jan. 31 decision to stand pat on interest rates, stocks have shown little will to move higher, though they also haven't ceded much ground. Some investors see a need for a more substantive pullback before stocks can build on the gains of the second half of 2006, while others are simply awaiting the next catalyst, arguing stocks have paused long enough.
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