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US Foreign Aid Crashing: Failing Commitments
added: 04-04-2008

Despite a commitment to substantially increase foreign aid to fight extreme poverty, US funding has dropped for the second year in a row. The US made the commitment to increase aid at the 2005 Gleneagles G8 summit.
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Over Three Quarters of Americans see the U.S. in a Recession
added: 04-04-2008

55.8% of Americans suggest their current economic standard of living is declining, according to a national poll conducted by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute. That number is up from 23.9% according to a 2006 SHU Poll.
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Food Price Crisis To Worsen
added: 04-04-2008

Across the developing and emerging economies of the world, and in some developed economies for that matter, governments are opting to shoulder some of the burden of higher food prices or try and control their immediate direction.The efforts are likely to be fruitless and very expensive for the countries involved, consumers and taxpayers.
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Fixed Mortgage Rates Cross 6 Percent Threshold
added: 04-04-2008

After two straight weeks of declines, fixed mortgage rates rebounded, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate moving up to 6.12 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.4 discount and origination points.
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World Stock Markets: Higher in Asia, Lower in Europe
added: 04-04-2008

World stock markets have ended with a mixed score: higher in Asia, lower in Europe and all but sideways in the US. For the second day in a row US markets finished with small gains of less than half a per cent: plenty of analysts are saying 'buy' the worst is over, but the euphoria of Tuesday doesn't seem to have taken deep root in investor sentiment.
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Consumer Debt: Storm Clouds on the Horizon?
added: 04-04-2008

Credit cards and payday loans can provide short-term convenience for some people, but consumers' shift toward greater debt could have a long-term, negative impact on the U.S. economy.
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US: Dow Jones Index Up 20
added: 04-04-2008

The market is finishing off the week in a "comfortable" mood - up 19. The SFE Futures suggested a 14 point rise in the market this morning. It's a bit like Christmas Day in the trenches. The OPES war has exhausted us all and football has broken out.
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Most U.S. Business Owners Expect Little Boost From Fiscal Stimulus Package
added: 04-04-2008

Despite lower interest rates and adoption of the federal fiscal stimulus plan, the outlook among the nation's small and mid-sized business owners has fallen to record lows in the six-year history of the PNC Economic Outlook survey, according to new findings.
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CME Group Reports First-Quarter 2008 Volume Averaged a Record 13.7 Million Contracts per Day, Up 32 Percent
added: 04-04-2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced first-quarter 2008 volume averaged a record 13.7 million contracts per day, up 32 percent from first-quarter 2007.
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U.S. High-Tech Industry Adds Jobs for Third Year in a Row
added: 04-04-2008

A Complete State-by-State Overview of the High-Technology Industry, shows that in 2007, the high-tech industry continued growing, adding 91,400 net jobs for a total of 5.9 million in the United States. This is on top of job gains of 139,000 in 2006 and 87,400 in 2005.
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