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After a massive effort to expand the number of Americans who own a home, the agencies are now directed to pursue profit and minimize losses
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The data on prices leading into its December meeting looks a lot like the data available prior to the November 2010 meeting, when the central bank last administered a dose of monetary stimulus
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The industry continues to suffer and remains a drag on the rest of the economy
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A new report indicates that very wealthy Americans dodge $30 billion per year, but eliminating those loopholes won't be easy
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A lack of ideological bias has allowed him to pursue practical solutions to deal with crises
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As expected, financial institutions aren't shrugging off new financial regulation, but quietly hiking the costs customers face
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Americans don't want many of the jobs anyway and aren't desperate enough to settle
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It remains relatively low, but two out of three major surveys show a positive trend
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It looks like taxpayers will have to rescue the agency, but that's kind of the point
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Fewer workers are newly laid-off workers are filing for benefits, but jobs remain elusive
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