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Economists predict sharp decline in US economic growth in 2008
Mar 11 2008, Arpita Mukherjee

The US economic growth is all set to slow down during the first half of 2008, as the possibility of a recession is increasingly becoming likely. This has been the projection made by a large number of economists surveyed by Blue Chip. The US economy...

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