Thompson would wait on economic stimulus
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Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson made light of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's call for a quick economic stimulus Thursday and said it might be best to leave the economy alone for now.
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Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson suggested raising out-of-pocket costs for higher-income Medicare beneficiaries, and rival Rudy Giuliani ruled out a Social Security tax increase Wednesday in auditions for support from influential economic conservatives.
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Democrats acknowledged that a vote on the $161 billion economic stimulus package might have to be delayed.
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says Fred Thompson, who is expected to jump into the 2008 race next month, will have trouble meeting expectations about his candidacy.
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Presidential candidate John Edwards says the country can't simply wait for the economy to turn around, and he wants Congress to come up with as much as $100 billion to prepare for a potential economic slowdown.
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With the federal election out of the way, the path has been cleared for a possible interest rate hike, but some economists don&#39;t expect rates to rise until next year.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson  said on Friday that any economic stimulus program should be  temporary and designed to kick in quickly if it is to be  useful.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The U.S. economic slowdown is typically short and shallow and Washington's monetary and fiscal rescue packages will lift the economy, former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow told Reuters.
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An agreement in the Senate appeared within reach on an economic-stimulus program on Thursday.
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The slowing U.S. economy is unlikely to sink into an election-year recession and an economic rebound could begin as early as next year as housing and financial market turmoil fades, the Congressional Budget Office forecast on Wednesday.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday said that there was an urgent need for a fiscal stimulus program to give the slowing economy a boost but said it was not in danger of stalling.
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Latecomer Fred Thompson, who hasn't officially entered the 2008 presidential race, is setting Republican pulses racing in this early voting state.
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Economic stimulus proposals favored by Democrats, including tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and a temporary increase in food stamps, are cost-effective ways for Congress to try to boost the economy, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.
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Rasmussen Reports - The biggest question in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination is whether or not former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson can sustain his warm-up act once he becomes an actual candidate.
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Don't expect lawmakers to stave off a downturn, if that's where the economy is headed.
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President Bush has decided that an economic stimulus package is needed to help the sagging economy, the White House said Thursday
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NEW YORK - Investors adopted a wait-and-see attitude on the economy, despite Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's improved assessment, and bid stocks modestly lower Wednesday as Wall Street waits for better economic and earnings news.    While Greenspan said the economy has "regained some traction" after the summer's slowdown, investors looked past his congressional testimony, focusing instead on uncertainty about the health of the economy, third-quarter earnings pre-announcements and fiscal policy...