Area home prices seem stable - 2005-03-03
The air may getting set to seep out of hyper-inflated housing markets on either coast, but Nashville and other areas closer to the nation's heartland shouldn't be as concerned about seeing home prices fizzle, a new study suggests.

The analysis comes courtesy of a 2005 Risk Index by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., one of the nation's biggest providers of home mortgage insurance.
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U.S. economy sound but Fed worries about budget - 2005-03-03
The U.S. economy is on a solid footing and inflation is stable, but the country's huge budget deficit and low savings rate are significant problems that must be addressed, Federal Reserve officials said on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned about the dangers the budget shortfall weighing on the economy in his testimony to the House of Representatives Budget Committee.
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