Best Ever Irish mortgage lending in April - 2004-05-31
Mortgage lending by Irish institutions hit record levels in April, the Central Bank reported this morning.

Short-term interest rates stayed broadly unaltered in April, in line with key ECB interest rates, but longer-term cash market rates rose after falling for four months in a row as market participants revised upwards their intentions for interest rates in the approaching months.
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Career preview projects firms hired 225,000 employees - 2004-05-31
The Labor Department could report Friday that U.S. firms employed 225,000 workers to their payrolls last month, propelled by an economy that has rushed ahead at the quickest clip since 1984, economists stated.

Job increases arrive at a time when gasoline costs have hit record highs and mortgage interest rates are a percentage point greater than they were a month ago.
Read the full story at Salt Lake Tribune, UT