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                    [Title] => United States economic growth slows sharply in Q3
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The US economy slowed sharply in the summer, reflecting a cutback in businesses’ stockpiling of goods, which offset solid consumer spending. But most economists think growth has been strengthening since the July-September quarter ended.

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Americans spent more in January, but the increase came from a surge in spending on heating bills during the harsh winter. Spending in areas such as autos and clothing declined.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255148 [Title] => The shutdown's surprise effect on jobs numbers [Summary] =>

The government shutdown may have affected October's jobs numbers. But not how you think.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-10 04:05:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390382 [AuthorName] => Jim Kuhnhenn [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 813071 [Title] => Bleak US jobs report a danger to global economy [Summary] =>

Another bad month for the US job market is lengthening the list of perils facing the global economy.

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Maybe the US economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all.

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US builders are betting that the housing market is finally on the path back to health.

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Consumer spending and incomes barely rose last month. Business investment has slowed. New-home sales remain dismal.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The American job market improved modestly in October, and economists looking deeper into the numbers found reasons for optimism – or at least what counts for optimism in this agonizingly slow economic recovery.

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Businesses likely posted a second straight month of solid job gains in March, as slow but steady economic growth translated into more hiring.

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US consumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months, reflecting the end of the government’s “Cash for Clunkers” auto sales program, while Incomes, the fuel for future spending, were flat.

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