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Housing warms
The latest indicator that the U.S. economy is on the upswing can probably be found on the street where you live: It's the "sold" sign planted in the neighbor's yard. Perhaps you hadn't noticed, but the real estate industry is not the moribund mess you...Tags: Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011, Federal Reserve, Consumer Confidence, Ben Bernanke
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New property tax could make up for budget cuts at MU Extensions
selzie@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - You could be helping to foot the bill at University of Missouri Extension offices after budget cuts left it in the red. Governor Nixon is considering a proposal that would allow MU Extension Councils to charge a new property tax....Tags: Taxation, Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority, Government
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Sequester budget cuts a concern in hurricane season
Andrea is coming. Then Barry, Chantal and Dorian. If national weather forecasters are right, 13 to 20 named tropical storms will brew up over the warm Atlantic this year in what's expected to be an "active or extremely active" season. Of those, seven to...
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ gains against US$, tracking riskier assets
ReutersBy Solarina Ho TORONTO, June 3 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar recovered marginally against the U.S. dollar on Monday after a choppy session on Friday, as better-than-expected European data lifted global prices of shares and oil from one-month lows. The...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Petroleum Industry
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GLOBAL ECONOMY WEEKAHEAD-Why a surge in U.S. hiring could be scary
Reuters* U.S. employers expected to add 160,000 jobs in May * Risk that a surge in hiring could fuel spike in rates * Not everyone convinced higher rates a bad thing By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - If U.S. employers really ramped up hiring over...Tags: Credit Ratings, Federal Reserve, Employment, Central Bank, Career and Workplace
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Why a surge in U.S. hiring could be scary
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - If U.S. employers really ramped up hiring over the last month, that would be extremely good news, right? Maybe not. The U.S. Federal Reserve has pulled out all the stops in a five-year campaign to nurse the economy back to health,...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Credit Ratings, Federal Reserve, Employment, Central Bank
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UK's Labour vows iron discipline on budget, spells out some cuts
Reuters* Labour seeks to convince voters it can run the economy * Would-be finance minister, Ed Balls, to speak on spending * Balls to promise 'iron discipline' if Labour wins power * To scrap winter fuel subsidies for rich pensioners By William Schomberg...Tags: Thomson Corporation, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, United Kingdom, Tony Blair
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Bond yields rise, dollar climbs on U.S. data; stocks down
Reuters* Treasuries prices fall further after Midwest factory report * Dollar climbs off three-week low * Wall Street falls amid speculation about Fed's stimulus program By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - Government bond yields rose and the dollar...Tags: Financial Markets, Economic Indicator, Foreign Exchange Market, Petroleum Industry, Stock Activities
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FACTBOX-U.S. Treasury takes fresh step to avoid debt limit
ReutersMay 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday said the Obama administration was suspending investments in the Government Securities Investment fund, the largest of its cash-management tools to stay under the debt limit. The move allows...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Retirement, G7, Jack Lew, Local Government
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Pimco, Vanguard hit by selloff in U.S. government debt
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - It has been an ugly month for some major bond fund managers, including the reigning king of bonds, Bill Gross. The sudden sell-off in Treasuries and government-guaranteed mortgage debt has taken a big bite out of the performance of...Tags: Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Central Bank, Bank of America Corp., Mutual Funds
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Bond yields rise, stocks sink on Fed speculation
Reuters* Treasuries prices fall further after Midwest factory report * Dollar climbs off three-week low * Wall Street falls amid speculation about Fed's stimulus program By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sold off and government bond...Tags: Economic Indicator, Foreign Exchange Market, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Federal Reserve, Petroleum Industry
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So far, sequester's effects seem small but destabilizing
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The $85 billion in federal budget cuts called the sequester, which some warned would shake the nation like an earthquake, seems like a series of isolated tremors that are easily overlooked but still destabilizing. Taken as a whole, the...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Kirsten Gillibrand, Internal Revenue Service, Air Transportation Industry, Gasoline Industry
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