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Recession hits hard in families headed by women

Single mom Linda Qualls of Philadelphia has been struggling to make ends meet for her and her three daughters since she was laid off from her job...
USA TODAY, 05/05/09 by Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication
Bright spots in a bad GDP report

The U.S. economy contracted at a swift pace in early 2009 as sharp drops in business spending and inventories more than offset the biggest rise in...
USA TODAY, 04/30/09 by Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication
The future holds more job losses, survey says

WASHINGTON -- Nearly one in 10 U.S. workers will be unemployed before the job market starts to improve, economists in a USA TODAY survey predict....
USA TODAY, 04/27/09 by Barbara Hagenbaugh and Barbara Hansen · More from publication
Majority of economists back second stimulus bill

WASHINGTON -- Congress should pass a second economic stimulus bill that could include tax cuts, an extension of unemployment benefits, or funds for...
USA TODAY, 10/28/08 by Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication
Surveyed economists expect Fed to cut rates

Federal Reserve policymakers this week are likely to cut interest rates as the economy slumps into a recession marked by the first decline in...
USA TODAY, 10/27/08 by Barbara Hagenbaugh and Barbara Hansen · More from publication
Program coming for mortgages in trouble

Assistance is growing to help financially distressed homeowners, but the nation's mounting caseload of foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies is...
USA TODAY, 10/24/08 by Anna Bahney and Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication

Oil goes down, down, down

Oil prices plunged to their lowest in 16 months Wednesday as global economic worries led investors to predict a further drop in energy demand. ...
USA TODAY, 10/23/08 by Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication
Jobless rate rose in all but 3 states last month

Unemployment rates were up in 47 states and the District of Columbia in September from a year earlier, as more than 9.4 million people nationwide...
USA TODAY, 10/22/08 by Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication
Bernanke backs further stimulus

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday increased the odds of a second economic stimulus package, endorsing the action as a...
USA TODAY, 10/21/08 by Sue Kirchhoff and Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication
Dollar coins get no respect

WASHINGTON -- The government is trying to convince consumers that dollar coins are greener than the dollar bill. The U.S. Mint is spending...
USA TODAY, 10/20/08 by Barbara Hagenbaugh · More from publication