Energy Costs Crimp Economy
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US manufacturers cranked out more goods in recent weeks, while auto dealers moved more vehicles off their lots and trucking companies tried to find enough drivers to keep up with growing demand.
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While the rest of the country frets over surging energy prices, a small but growing group of businesses is fueling a boom of sorts in the US oil patch.
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Most households and businesses will pay more for heating this winter as the prices of crude oil and other energy sources continue to rise.
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WASHINGTON : The US economy is expanding but the performance is patchy as roaring energy prices begin to stifle spending, the Federal Reserve&#39;s Beige Book survey showed.
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Weighed down by high energy prices, the economy was even more sluggish than initially believed during the second quarter. But Federal Reserve policy-makers believe the pace will pick up in coming months, something President Bush is counting on as the election approaches.
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High oil prices, which have been a factor in virtually all U.S. recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year. And the higher crude oil prices climb, the more risk energy costs pose to what, until recently, many expected to be a banner year for the U.S. economy.
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Electricity shortages and gas supply problems predicted to push bills up.
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Economic development comes at the expense of the environment as countries from China to the United States turn away from expensive natural gas and oil and toward their cheap old friend, coal.
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As the price of energy resumes its upward march, ordinary Americans are getting in their pocketbooks.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush's economic  advisers warned on) Sunday that high energy prices have become  a drag on the U.S. economy and not a threat to growth, chipping  away at Bush's upbeat election-year projections and increasing  pressure on him to act.
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With oil prices rising people are turning to wood heat, raising concerns about the environmental impact of some older devices that are being used.
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Rolling electricity blackouts have created a national emergency with dire consequences for the economy. And there's no quick fix
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Seismic firms come in handy with the cyclical nature of the energy industry.
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A big jump in energy costs sharply pushed up prices that U.S. manufacturers and wholesalers paid for goods last month, but outside of energy the inflation picture looked tame.
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One in an occasional series Electric power has already become painfully expensive in Washington and its suburbs. Now, local utilities say, it could become something even worse: scarce.
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Oil prices hit record highs on  Thursday, fueling gains in some energy stocks, but fears that  high power costs will dent household incomes, raise firms'  expenses and hurt global growth weighed on Asian share markets.
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FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) staged a tough balancing act yesterday, sharpening its warnings about the inflationary dangers of high oil prices but noting that costly energy is also softening economic growth.