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The US economy continued to contract in the first quarter of 2009, led by the biggest fall in exports for 40 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8024839.stm



U.S. Economy Shrank at 6.1% Rate in First Quarter

The 6.1% drop was much bigger than Wall Street expected and hardly different than a 6.3% plunge in the fourth quarter, when the recession that began in December 2007 deepened.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124100763955368325.html?mod=googlenews_wsj



U.S. Home Prices Continued to Decline in February

Phoenix has achieved the unwelcome distinction of becoming the first major American city where home prices have fallen by half since the middle of the decade, according to data released Tuesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/business/economy/29econ.html?em



Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined

Compared with a month earlier, home prices fell 2.2 percent in February, after a 2.8 percent decline in January, today's report showed.

http://snipurl.com/h0rnf


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