Economic snapshot
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Restaurant employment sags despite high sales
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Greater effort needed on school spending
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Tax breaks dwarf Social Security, Medicare shortfalls
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Surging dollar contributes to growing trade deficit, job loss
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Consumer debt defaults, delinquency on the rise
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Education offers less protection from recessions
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Medicare can’t keep pace with drug costs
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Unemployment extension may be too little, too late
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Extending unemployment insurance benefits
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China trade deficit threat to U.S., others