Bush Offers Reassurances on Economy
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President Bush today hailed "pretty good progress" in Congress toward passing a domestic spending package, but he warned that he would veto any tax increase and demanded that the bill include money for the war in Iraq with no strings attached.
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Amid new worries about a possible recession, the housing slump and rising oil prices, President Bush is exploring an economic stimulus package to reinforce the U.S. economy.
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The economy may grow slowly the first half of this year, the Bush administration said yesterday, but it is not in recession.
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President George W. Bush declared himself pleased on Friday with U.S. economic progress despite a Labor Department report that said U.S. employers added only 51,000 jobs in September.
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US President George W. Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged that the economy hit a &quot;soft patch&quot; over the last six or eight weeks.
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President George W. Bush sought to calm Americans' fears about the troubled economy on Monday while charting a course he hopes will keep him relevant in his final year in office.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday that the U.S. economy was on solid footing despite a weak employment report, and gave no hint of what his administration may have in store to bolster growth.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W., Virginia  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday he was confident in the long-term strength of the U.S. economy, but urged lawmakers to act swiftly on a stimulus plan he and others hope will help stave off a possible recession.
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US President George W. Bush warned Tuesday that "it's going to take a while to work through the downturn" in the crisis-hit US housing market, but said the US economy was resilient.
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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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TROY, Ohio  - President Bush on Saturday  acknowledged U.S. manufacturing workers have seen a "time of  change" in the economy but said his private sector-based  policies were the way to boost growth.
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President George W. Bush hopes a $150 billion economic stimulus package will avert a recession in his final year in office but he also faces another problem: worsening budget deficits.
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President Bush said on Saturday his tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide acknowledged the economy had hit a "soft patch" over the last six or eight weeks.
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LIMA, Ohio  - President Bush said on Saturday his  tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide  acknowledged that the economy hit a "soft patch" over the last  six or eight weeks.
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Bush administration officials on Friday sought to ease fears the U.S. was tipping into recession after a government report showed the economy shed jobs for the first time in four years last month.
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President Bush conceded that rising oil prices, the home mortgage crisis, and the weakening job market present new âeconomic challenges.â
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President Bush told the American people last night that his strategy to stabilize Iraq is achieving results "few of us could have imagined just one year ago," even as he sought to reassure the public that his new stimulus plan will stave off a recession that threatens to hobble the nation's econo...