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Business News // 1 decade ago

Late payments on equity loans rise

Delinquency rates on home-equity loans are higher than they have been in more than a decade, the American Bankers Association said.

Business News // 1 decade ago

Fed cut expected to be quarter-point

The U.S. Federal Reserve's expected interest-rate cut will be smaller than some on Wall Street want, Chicago futures market traders said.

Business News // 1 decade ago

Oil remains wild card for consumer confidence

Well over three years since the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and two years after the United States invaded Iraq, it appears that neither foreign policy nor te

Business News // 1 decade ago

NY regional manufacturing still strong

The New York Federal Reserve Bank reported Tuesday manufacturing in the New York area rose slightly in March.

Business News // 1 decade ago

Weak dollar not improving U.S. trade

There may be some signs that a weaker dollar is helping the U.S. economy, as the country's trade deficit with the rest of the world fell from its highs late las

Business News // 1 decade ago

Job market remains patchy

After months of lackluster growth, it appears that the U.S. job market is finally improving, at least at first blush. But it's still too early to declare that t

Business News // 1 decade ago

U.S. job market still steady but lackluster

As Washington prepares for President Bush's inauguration for a second term, there is less urgency for the administration to tout its achievements on the economi

Business News // 1 decade ago

How weak is a too weak dollar?

The dollar's value is falling, and dropping fast, much to the angst of the Europeans and Japanese. But for many Americans, the greenback's decline has actually

Business News // 1 decade ago

U.S. GDP holds up, but worries linger

Economic growth in the third quarter wasn't as robust as it earlier in the year, but that hasn't stopped the Bush administration from arguing that the U.S. econ

Business News // 1 decade ago

Jobs data further political divide

With only three weeks to go until the presidential elections, both Democrats and Republicans are turbo-charging their efforts to promote their own candidate on

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With the dollar declining, it was expected that exports would surge. They are not, and part of the problem is that U.S. firms are increasing prices rather than going all out to get market share. That is a short-term profit maximization philosophy that will not leave the country or the firms in a whole lot better shape than before the dollar decline
Weak dollar not improving U.S. trade Mar 11, 2005

Our insatiable demand for consumer goods and motor vehicles is what drove the large increase in imports
Weak dollar not improving U.S. trade Mar 11, 2005

I am somewhat confused about what they are referring to. Essentially, the unemployment rate is where it has been for six months and that is all that can be said
Job market remains patchy Mar 04, 2005

It seems as if almost every industry is getting into the act and starting to hire again
Job market remains patchy Mar 04, 2005

Jobs are being created, but the pace is nothing to write home about
U.S. job market still steady but lackluster Jan 07, 2005