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Low prices, weak hiring raise odds of Fed action

The U.S. job market is flagging, and consumer prices are barely rising. The picture sketched by data released Thursday has made some economists predict the Federal Reserve will announce some new step next week to boost the economy.

 

AP survey: Painfully slow economic gains into 2011

AP survey: Painfully slow economic gains into 2011

The job market and the economy will improve only slightly next year, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists whose outlook for 2011 has dimmed over the past three months.

 

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