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INTERVIEW-Arab spring nations face delayed economic recovery -IMF
Reuters* IMF official says rising social tensions hurts prospects of early recovery * Reducing hefty subsidies key to containing mounting fiscal pressures -IMF By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, May 25 (Reuters) - Arab spring countries face rising social...Tags: Government Debt, International Organizations, Unemployment, Petroleum Industry, Budgets and Budgeting
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Furlough Friday: Budget cuts mean an unpaid day off for many at IRS, HUD and other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5...Tags: Barack Obama, Government Debt, U.S. Department of the Interior, Sally Jewell, Small Businesses
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Portugal PM says may need new easing of 2014 deficit goal
ReutersLISBON (Reuters) - Portugal is on course to meeting this year's deficit target but the government may require further easing of the goals agreed with its EU and IMF lenders for 2014, Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho said on Friday. Under the recently...Tags: Politics, Lisbon (Portugal), Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho, Portugal
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Shrink resistant
Think back -- back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists. Think all the way back to February, when all anyone...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Congressional Budget Office, Politics, U.S. Congress, Fiscal Cliff
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ECB can't solve euro zone crisis alone: Weidmann
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to widen its range of policy tools. Speaking in Paris,...Tags: France, Market and Exchange, Paris (France), European Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy
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Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. The improving employment picture is helping to prop up housing,...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Services and Shopping, S&P 500, Ben Bernanke
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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an...
Tags: Republican Party, Government Debt, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Budgets and Budgeting
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Portuguese leaders build faith in bailout exit
Reuters* President's support key for government survival * PM seen enduring despite early election calls * Europe shows new forms of solidarity By Andrei Khalip LISBON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Anibal Cavaco Silva thanked Portugal's patron saint for a...Tags: Anibal Cavaco Silva, Political Fundraising, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Darrell Steinberg, Unemployment Benefits, Hospitals and Clinics, Executive Branch, Jerry Brown
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ECB's Weidmann tells France: Don't repeat budget mistakes
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - France must step up reforms to rein in its budget deficit, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said in a magazine interview, urging Paris to avoid repeating "the mistakes of the past." The European Commission has proposed that EU states...Tags: Germany, Weather, France, Paris (France), Budgets and Budgeting
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From Apple to storms to immigration, GOP divisions may dilute focus on White House scandals
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama's latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-...Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment, Abortion, Planned Parenthood, White House
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Japan's central bank keeps policy unchanged, says economy 'picking up,' as trade deficit grows
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. The Bank of Japan...Tags: Shinzo Abe, Petroleum Industry, China, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Nuclear Power
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