Dream house, sans spouse: More women buy homes - 2006-02-15
Karen Phelan remembers how worried she was when she purchased her first home 10 years ago. Newly divorced and broke, she'd saved for a year for a down payment on a modest house. The trend is striking, because in 1981, the number of single women and single men home buyers was almost the same. Since then, the percentage of buyers who are single women has almost doubled, while the percentage of single men buyers dropped 1 percentage point to 9% last year.
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Bernanke: Economy Back on Track After Lull - 2006-02-15
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, delivering his first economic report to Congress, revealed Wednesday that the economy has broken out of an end-of-year lull, although inflation and other risks are still intact. He left the door open to possible higher interest rates in the future.
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