Greenspan: Households' finances in `good shape' - 2004-02-25
The balance sheets of US households are generally in "good shape" as additional cash from a massive wave of home mortgage refinancing and decades-low interest rates helped consumers better manage their debt, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Monday.

The financial health of consumers is important to the economy, which in the second half of last year finally cast off its lethargy and has been growing at a healthy pace.
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Eager Expats Undertake Mortgage Challenge - 2004-02-25
Expats who see one of the advantages of living in Russia as being able to escape dinner party conversations about how property prices are increasingly disappointed.

With the price of the average Moscow apartment rising last year by nearly 40 percent, more and more expats are getting acquainted with Russia's mortgage market.
Read the full story at Moscow Times