Bush says economy sound; mum on stimulus plan
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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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Stocks were set to open little changed on Wednesday as worries about recession offset optimism on news the White House is considering a stimulus package to spur the economy.
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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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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - President George W. Bush on Friday said there were troubling signs that the economy is weakening and urged Congress to move on a stimulus package to help prop up the economy, which has been hit hard by a housing slump and credit crisis.
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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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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 Bush has decided that an economic stimulus package is needed to help the sagging economy, the White House said Thursday
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President George W. Bush will acknowledge on Monday that a slowing U.S. economy will lead to a higher budget deficit this year and next, as he unveils a $3 trillion fiscal 2009 spending plan that would boost military funding but nearly freeze many domestic programs.
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US president proposes stimulus package of about $145b to stave off recession as economy struggles
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The White House played down talk that the United States might be headed for a recession and said a report on fourth-quarter gross domestic product released earlier on Wednesday did not change its outlook.
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President Bush is giving Congress a fresh assessment of the troubled economy as he prepares to sign a $168 billion stimulus package into law.
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With fear of an impending recession, President Bush on Monday night will use his State of the Union address to revisit unfinished business and press for action to keep the economy afloat, administration officials say.
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President Bush is putting together his first public call for an emergency fiscal stimulus bill while negotiations on Capitol Hill focus on rebates for taxpayers and other steps to jump-start the sagging economy
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President George W. Bush said on Thursday that the economy remained strong, with low inflation and a healthy job market, despite "unsettling times" in the housing market.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday said he would consider "all options" to help the U.S. economy weather a deep housing slump but said the economy was fundamentally strong.
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President George W. Bush told  lawmakers on Thursday he wants tax rebates for families and  breaks for businesses in a rescue plan for the struggling U.S.  economy that could total up to $150 billion.
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WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS, W-Va., Jan. 25 -- President Bush, facing skeptical lawmakers for the first time since negotiating a bipartisan $150 billion economic stimulus package with House leaders, warned Congress today not to load it up with spending projects or delay in sending it to his desk for...