Small businesses sour on economy in January
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Small businesses are losing  confidence in the U.S. economy and have little hope a spate of  interest rate cuts or economic stimulus measures will do much  to boost sales, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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The U.S. economy should contract slightly in coming months as the ongoing slump in the housing industry takes a deeper toll on the economy, a gauge of future business activity showed Thursday.
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Owners of small business are losing  faith in the U.S. economy as they scale back plans to hire  workers and make capital expenditures, a small business survey  released on Tuesday showed.
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Business & money: Warning that small economic shock could be enough to cause serious problems.
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U.S. small business optimism dipped slightly last month but remained near record levels, suggesting a strong outlook for growth, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
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The US economy suffered 17,000 job losses in January marking the first monthly losses since 2003, a government snapshot showed Friday in a fresh sign of brewing economic trouble.
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A January decline of 16.6 percent suggests some weakness in the real estate market.
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WASHINGTON -- Most parts of the country saw modest economic growth in the past month, although there were pockets of sluggishness as businesses continued to cope with fallout from the troubled housing and automotive industries.
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Seasonal changes in the economy are not unique to Alaska. But winter in the state often tests the ingenuity of business owners.
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Industrial output fell in January by the largest amount in 17 months, reflecting huge cutbacks at auto factories and weakness in housing-related industries.
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The CBI says UK small and medium businesses expect domestic orders to fall in coming months.
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The US economy generated 146,000 jobs in January, the government said in a report that was well below most forecasts and which suggests still-modest economic growth ahead.
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The nation's retailers reported mixed results in January as frigid weather came too late in the month to help merchants clear out winter inventory. But stores' business was boosted by redemption of holiday gift cards.
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Automakers faced an uphill climb in the US market in January, as weak economic conditions and consumer caution put a dent into sales, company reports showed Friday.
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Small businesses are losing confidence in the U.S. economy and have little hope a spate of interest rate cuts or economic stimulus measures will do much to boost sales, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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As the new year begins, many Washington area executives say their strategies are influenced by things that could go wrong such as rising interest rates, a slowdown in federal spending growth, policy issues and larger economic trends, such as the price of steel.
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The U.S. economy added a weaker-than-expected 111,000 new jobs in January with the bulk of hiring in the service sector, but hiring for the prior three months was stronger than earlier estimates, a government report on Friday showed.