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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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 October 25, 2004 Wendy Zellner	The Winter Oil Forecast Is Far From Cozy From natural gas and propane to heating oil and gasoline, prices are on the rise.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Why Growth Could Still Stay On Track Strong profits and cash from faster job gains will help the economy cope.
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 James C. Cooper	U.S.: The Housing Grinch Won't Steal Christmas Wallets are open, and even the outlook for home sales is improving.
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 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 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 20, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy.
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.
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Chris Nerney	Stocks Hang On to Post Gains Major U.S. stock indexes posted modest gains Thursday despite a mid-day spike in oil prices and weak manufacturing report... Intel drops plan for plant in Brazil... Net income up at Oracle... etc.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Peter Coy	Is $100 Oil As Lethal As It Looks? Economists are more worried about housing's downturn than oil's upturn, and for good reason.
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 January 8, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Why The Market Isn't Listening To The Fed It's ignoring inflation warnings, but bets on lower rates may be too optimistic.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 James Mehring	Pump Prices Are Up. Is Heating Oil Next? Consumers will not only shell out more at the pump but could also see higher heating bills come next winter.
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 James C. Cooper	Housing: The Roof Won't Collapse On The U.S. Economy As builders adjust their inventories, other sectors will offer plenty of support.
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 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 February 21, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Job Growth Will Get Over Its January Blahs Bad weather helped cause a weak start to what will be a solid year.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers May Just Keep Flexing Their Muscles Because of overall brighter financial conditions, consumer spending will continue.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Peter Coy & Forest	Why Is Oil So Expensive Again? More demand and fears of Mideast extremism are two reasons, but prices could ease soon
Geotimes April 2005 Naomi Lubick	Oil prices outlook high Forecasts indicate that gas prices will continue to climb though there is debate as to how high.
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 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 October 23, 2006 James Mehring	Saving At The Pump, Buying At The Mall Cheaper energy could wind up being a nice gift for retailers heading into the holiday season.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Consumers Are Piling On The Presents Rising employment and household wealth are bolstering spending.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: Business Takes A Turn At Powering The Recovery It's fueling growth by buying new equipment and rebuilding inventories.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Robert Aronen	What Happened to the Oil Boom? Have oil prices dropped enough to create a buying opportunity?
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 April 11, 2005 James Mehring	South Korea: A Slow Recovery Is Better Than None South Korea's economic outlook is promising because of consumer spending.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S. Economy: Is Corporate America Too Lean? After three years of cutbacks, it may not be ready for stronger demand.
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 James Mehring	Come Fall, Relief At The Pump The expectation of lower gas prices and stronger consumer spending assumes no more major refinery problems and a repeat of last year's mild hurricane season.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Why The R-Word is "Rocky," Not "Recession" Why the economic ride ahead will be bumpy - but manageable.
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BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls.
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 May 17, 2004 Coy et al.	Energy: The Big Squeeze Crude oil and gasoline prices are soaring. Shortages for the U.S. aren't impossible. How worried should you be?
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Cooper & Madigan	Britain: Enough Growth To Buoy Blair? Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will put the economy at the center of his bid for a third term. A few days ago, the plan seemed questionable. Now the strategy is looking sounder.