Economists watch for terror plot impact
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Failure of the plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes saved the weakening economy from a major jolt. Now economists are keeping close tabs on consumers and businesses for lingering fears.
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A suspected bomb plot is exposed in the News Of The World, while elsewhere the future for Labour - which holds its conference this week - and the fate of hostage Ken Bigley dominate the papers.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Terrorism is the biggest short-term threat to the US economy, according to a survey in August by the National Association of Business Economics.
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News of a suspected bomb plot  dominated news headlines and caused gridlock at airports, but  it didn't send economists back to the drawing board to  recalculate forecasts for U.S. economic growth.
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MADRID -- Western intelligence and security officials say the threat of a terror attack by Islamic militants over the Christmas and New Year's holiday travel season is extremely high, with the greatest concern focusing on a possible plot targeting Europe.
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The threat of terrorism against the United States remains chillingly lethal five years after 9/11, and officials predict another massive attack is not a matter of if &#151; but when.
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A suspected bombing plot in Barcelona is indicative of an important threat coming from Pakistan, officials said.
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Like baseball or the weather, the economy can be a difficult thing to predict. Nonetheless, hereâs a sampling of what economists expect for 2008.
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The threat of a terror attack by Islamic militants during the Christmas and New Year's holiday travel season is extremely high, and the biggest concerns are in Europe, where several terror plots have already been foiled this year, intelligence and security officials say.
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Bad credit has supplanted terrorism as the gravest immediate risk threatening the economy, a key national research group reported Monday.
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Insurers say they need federal backing because the frequency and severity of terrorism attacks are unpredictable.
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Prediction markets have been used  to forecast election outcomes, football games and even the  capture of Osama bin Laden.
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As investors wonder if the global market selloff is reaching a bottom, economists are keeping a close eye on one big trading bet that could send more seismic tremors through Wall Street.
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A disrupted terror plot leads to a nationwide sigh of relief and a debate over rights and radicalism.
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Extremists' rise can be traced in part to Bush policy, analysts say.
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Security experts were considering  reducing Britain&#39;s &quot;critical&quot; terrorist threat level on  Wednesday as a police source said they believed the main people  suspected of an al-Qaeda style bomb plot had been arrested.
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A recent survey of US economists says terrorism and a growing budget deficit are the greatest immediate threats to the American economy.