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BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Why Economic Growth Is Galloping Consumers and businesses have lots to spend as they get financially stronger.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Katrina's Impact Depends On How Business Reacts Unless business sentiment takes a lasting turn for the worse, and $3.50 gas hangs around a long while, all the latest signs indicate that today's economy remains strong enough to take Katrina's blow and keep chugging ahead.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Creation Isn't A Problem, But Oil Might Be Job growth is positive but consumer spending may be down because of increasing gasoline prices.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: An Economy With Two Engines Firing Consumers and businesses are working in tandem to bolster economic growth in America.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.:Strong Demand Is Firing Up U.S. Factories After running lean, manufacturers are gearing up to fill orders and build inventories. But not all of this demand strength will show up in the growth of real GDP.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 James C. Cooper	Stagflation Lite? Growth is set to slow as oil and food prices continue their climb - an unwelcome, familiar combination. But there are reasons to expect a gentler version this time around.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Those Soft Job Numbers: Cause For Alarm? Probably not -- business is still spending, and not all the data are so gloomy
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S: A Tempest In Employment's Teacup? The recent lackluster job numbers may be saying more about the weather than the economy. Here's who softened September's job numbers: Hurricanes Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: That Last-Quarter Slowdown Is Old News Despite surging oil prices, a waffling stock market, and some surprisingly weak job numbers, the economy began the third quarter on much firmer ground.
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Consumers Aren't Sweating The Housing Slump Yet The debate over the direction of the economy and Federal Reserve policy in the coming year boils down to one basic question: Will the housing slump drag down consumer spending and the economy?
BusinessWeek August 13, 2007 James C. Cooper	Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark--Well, Not Too Afraid Risks are rising with market turmoil, but growth prospects still look solid.
BusinessWeek October 16, 2006 James C. Cooper	Stock Investors Seem To Hold The Winning Hand Data suggest a soft landing, not the recession the bond bulls fear.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: How Costly Oil Will Test The Economy Federal Reserve officials estimate that the buffeting from costlier oil has already knocked up to three-fourths of a percentage point from growth through the first three quarters of 2004.
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 January 30, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Don't Count Consumers Out Just Yet With the economy showing continued momentum outside of consumer spending and with the growth in consumer outlays set to improve markedly this quarter, last quarter's slowdown in GDP growth will not likely be an ill omen for the first half of 2006.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 James C. Cooper	If Credit Markets Thaw, Recession Is Unlikely Growth will get squeezed, but housing will take the brunt.
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Inventory Swings Are Whipsawing The Economy The ebb and flow of business inventories has the potential to generate some ups and downs this year that could greatly affect perceptions of the economy's strength.
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Fed Needs To Do A Little More Fiddling With the housing sector unlikely to ease up anytime soon, the factory sector may have to bear a larger-than-usual burden for the Federal Reserve to achieve its goal of a well-balanced economy and price stability.
BusinessWeek April 19, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Oh, What A Difference A Month Can Make With the March jobs report, the economy looks a lot stronger than expected
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: How The U.S. Is Riding Out The Energy Storm Broader demand plus lower inflation and interest rates help bolster growth in the U.S. economy.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Virtuous Cycle Is Finally Kicking In As the recovery takes hold, GDP growth may hit levels not seen since 2000.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 James C. Cooper	Don't Count Out The Consumer Just Yet If the job markets don't falter, households may keep up their spending.
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Real Inflation Threat Isn't Energy Will lower energy prices add to inflationary pressures? If that sounds a bit counterintuitive, consider this: The economy is already growing so rapidly that it is putting pressure on available labor, production capacity, and distribution channels.
InternetNews October 4, 2005 Jim Wagner	Katrina Hits IT Spending IDC's expectations for IT purchases dropped in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but analysts expect to see a rebound.
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Count On Consumers To Keep Spending Expect a more moderate pace as job growth and wealth gains slow.
BusinessWeek September 11, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Picking Up The Slack From Housing Capital spending should contribute strongly to second-half growth.
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Are Finally Shifting Into Lower Gear It's not just energy. As interest rates rise, homes will no longer be cash cows.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: An Economy This Warm Won't Cool On Its Own Robust growth may require the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates into 2006.
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Summer Grows A Little Too Warm For The Fed Given strong demand, Greenspan & Co. will likely keep raising interest rates.
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Doubts About The Productivity Slowdown What's the Federal Reserve to do about widely differing measures of productivity?
BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 James C. Cooper	On Guard Against Recession All signs suggest meager growth -- if that -- in the fourth quarter, with little improvement in early 2008; the Fed takes preemptive action by cutting a quarter-point off its target interest rate.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Will Keep Carrying the Ball True, jobs aren't back. But tax cuts and refinancings are doing the trick.
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Get Ready To Exhale: The Slowdown May Be Ending A pickup in manufacturing signals stronger growth is on the way for the economy.
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 James C. Cooper	Why Consumer Spending Has Staying Power It looks like households are going to hit a couple of speed bumps this quarter: Surging prices for food and fuels promise to put the squeeze on purchasing power.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	The Fed: Another Failure To Communicate? The Federal Reserve must convince the markets that higher interest rates can still accommodate growth
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Stop Thinking Rate Cut, Start Thinking Rate Hike With economic growth rebounding, it's time to revise expectations.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: What's Everyone So Rattled About? Despite record wealth, business and consumers remain wary of the future.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Skittish Bond Market Won't Shake Housing -- for Now Rates must rise more than a point to hurt. But it's another story for refis.
BusinessWeek December 19, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S: Can Productivity Keep Up The Good Work? U.S. productivity must stay on track with pay gains to hold inflation at bay.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: That Delicious Smell? It's The Economy Cooking Robust capital spending and profits, plus job growth, are now being served
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: That Spring Slowdown? Just a Bad Dream After faltering in the second quarter, growth is rebounding nicely and inflation is cooling. Moreover, upward revisions to several key data in the second quarter suggest it's slowdown was not as sharp as first thought.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins	Forecast 2006: Five Trends Driving the Industry What will be the greatest sources of economic stress in the coming year, and how will those forces affect the economy and shape demand for commercial real estate?
BusinessWeek December 26, 2005 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Business Gets Behind The Wheel Move over housing - corporate spending will drive growth in 2006.
Geotimes August 2005 Naomi Lubick	Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: A Temporary Reprieve for Manufacturing Fatter order books are postponing the pain of long-term structural change.
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 James C. Cooper	Business Slowdown? Don't Count On It With profits strong and inventories down, capital spending should rally.
BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Hopes For The New Year Aren't Just Sentimental One bit of evidence: The long-awaited rebound in manufacturing.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Time To Wave Goodbye To A "Measured" Pace In an economy this strong, the Fed might need to hike rates faster
BusinessWeek July 23, 2007 James C. Cooper	Labor Is Keeping The Economy In Fighting Trim The job market looks healthy enough to power a strong second half.
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