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Credit crisis far from over despite Bear's collapse

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The acute phase of the crisis in financial markets may be over, marked by the near collapse of Bear Stearns, but the fallout leaves the United States vulnerable to recession.

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Gas prices top consumer worry, economists say

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Between chewing sauce-slathered ribs and corn on the cob, the neighbors and relatives of Wall Street's top prognosticators had one thing on their mind this past Memorial Day: gasoline prices.

Home price slump just over half done

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The two-year U.S. home price slump is just over halfway done with little relief in sight as the market needs to work through a stockpile of unsold houses that is climbing as foreclosures jump.

At Reuters Summit, McCain seen as best choice for economy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit.

Get over it! Rising crude is good for you: analyst

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surging oil prices have often sent stock markets tumbling this year when, according to one view, investors should embrace rising energy costs because they boost the bottom line of many large-cap U.S. companies.

Economy may need second dose of stimulus

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even as U.S. consumers raced to spend their tax rebate checks, economists and analysts at a Reuters summit this week said the effect on the economy may be so short-lived that another cash infusion will be needed.

Fed must take away the punch bowl slowly

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Weaning Wall Street from U.S. Federal Reserve cash will take time, and lending programs aimed at averting another Bear Stearns need to remain in place beyond a planned September expiration, economists and analysts said this week.

Wall St hasn't fixed its bubble problem: experts

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chastened financial firms are destined to repeat their mistakes in a few years unless they overhaul risk management practices and rethink compensation for employees who are supposed to blow the whistle, financial market experts said on Thursday. | Video

Emerging markets forex rally still has legs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A multiyear rally in some emerging market currencies still has legs even as the likelihood of interest rate hikes in Europe and the United States increases, economists and strategists said.

Government aid to Wall Street a boon to Fannie, Freddie

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the U.S government poured cash into the banking system to save it from crumbling under the credit crisis, it will certainly bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should the housing slump threaten their demise, analysts said this week.

Dollar to recover, won't regain past glory

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar will stage a gradual recovery in the second half of the year and into 2009, but the growing influence and economic clout of the developing world mean it will probably never regain its past dominance.

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