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InternetNews December 3, 2004 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Reality Reminder Friday's jobs report serves as a reminder that obstacles remain.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2004 Bill Mann	Price of 5 Golden Rings Plummets PNC Advisors just released their 20th annual Christmas Price Index, which seeks to track inflation by replicating the basket of goods and services that the true love buys in the classic song "The 12 Days of Christmas." Here's this year's figures.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2004 Salim Haji	Sluggish Retail Sales Cause Concern Given the importance of consumer spending in driving the U.S. economy, November's disappointing retail sales are a cause for concern.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Robert J. Barro	Mysteries Of The Gaping Current-Account Gap The budget deficit isn't to blame, but spending discipline won't hurt.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Businesses are Betting on a Happy New Year Companies feel better about the future and are ready to expand. They seem to like what they see -- especially the rebound in consumer spending and the lower dollar, which will provide a boost to exports and profits.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Bremner & Engardio	The Makings Of A Meltdown If investors needed a wake-up call about how heavily the global financial system relies on the actions of Asia's central banks, they received a nasty one on Nov. 26.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004	Social Security: No Flim-Flams Hiding debt with gimmicks will only make things worse. The recent proposal to take the $1 trillion to $2 trillion 10-year cost of reforming Social Security "off-budget" and not include it in the federal budget deficit is as irresponsible as it is dangerous.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	Canada: A Stronger Currency Is Curbing Growth Canada is seeing how a strong currency can tap the brakes on economic growth. But unlike central banks elsewhere, the Bank of Canada seems to welcome the slowdown.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Rich Miller	Wanted: One Tough Economic Team Bush needs new talent to carry out his ambitious second-term economic agenda.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Peter Coy	Just How Cheap is Chinese Labor? Reliable data don't exist, but the U.S. government is doing some sleuthing and so far estimates Chinese factory costs at $0.64 an hour.
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