Global Finance Leaders Warn of Risk From U.S. Housing Woe
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Finance leaders from the worldâs wealthiest nations warned Saturday that global economic woes could get worse from the slump in the American housing market.
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Risks to global expansion have  recently increased due to tensions in the U.S. subprime  mortgage market and there are fears of growing spillovers to  other segments, the European Central Bank said on Thursday.
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The world economy remains vulnerable to downside risks stemming from tighter credit, a deterioration of the US housing market, higher oil prices and rising inflation, according to G7 finance ministers gathering in Tokyo on Saturday.
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - The Federal Reserve on Friday reassured investors it would take any steps needed to shelter the U.S. economy from a global credit squeeze, while President George W. Bush promised to help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages.
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Business & money: Fears grow of market turbulence stunting global growth.
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LONDON/SINGAPORE  - France's Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday of a threat to world growth posed by the U.S. home loan crisis but a Bank of Japan policymaker said the recent market turmoil had been overdone.
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The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the risks of a global slowdown have increased due to higher interest rates, surging oil prices and an apparent cooling in the U.S. housing market that could slow the U.S. economy.
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NEW YORK The grim toll that the U.S. mortgage crisis has taken on financial markets has been felt worldwide, from traders in Hong Kong to small-town mayors in Europe to pensioners in the American Midwest.
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Federal Reserve officials on Friday  said falling home prices and financial market turmoil are big  risks to the U.S. economy but pledged that the central bank  would not shrink from taking bold steps to support growth.
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Britain may be facing a fall in house prices similar to that experienced in the US, the IMF warns.
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The chief executive of Freddie Mac   warned that the U.S. economy faces a 40 percent to 45  percent risk of recession induced by the housing market  downturn, the Financial Times reported on its Web site.
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A top Federal Reserve official has urged the White House and Congress to restrain the U.S. budget deficit, warning that its continued growth poses risks to international financial markets.
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A big overhang of property will bring U.S. house prices down further, but it is too early to say if the economy will plunge into recession, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan was quoted as saying on Friday.
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A cooling housing market is likely to trigger a slowdown in the U.S. economy next year and could weigh on the global economy as well, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday.
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Global finance chiefs meet in Washington amid concerns about the world's economic outlook.
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Rising interest rates could trigger a house price crash in the UK, the International Monetary Fund warned today. The Washington-based group said the
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U.S. housing industry economists on Monday cautioned that rapid house price gains in some areas of the country may not be sustainable.