Auto makers return to Washington to ask for financial bailout
Mark Zandi, chief economist and cofounder of Moody's Economy.com testifies before the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs committee about the state of the US automobile manufacturing industry on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 4, 2008. Chrysler, GM and Ford are asking Congress for billions of dollars to help the industry weather the current economic crises. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's American Jobs Act has a good chance of being passed in its entirety by October, senior adviser David Plouffe said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Republican plan to carve U.S. spending this year would cost 700,000 jobs through 2012, an independent economic analysis indicated.
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WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- High unemployment is likely to haunt the U.S. economy for years to come, a leading U.S. economist said.
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LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. home prices will likely fall an average 10 percent before the real estate market stabilizes, economists said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. banks and Treasury Department officials have scrapped a plan to create a $100 billion fund to stabilize the short-term credit market.
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