Consumer prices muted as housing starts reach 17-year low
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080416/2008_04_16t095640_450x281_us_usa_economy.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=oVAh9g5nrUrNEi_SLcsIYQ--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Construction workers put up second story framing as they build homes in Carlsbad, California November 17, 2005. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080416/bs_nm/usa_economy_dc)Reuters - The number of U.S. housing projects
started last month fell to the lowest in 17 years, while
consumer prices moved up a bit less than expected, leaving the
Federal Reserve some room to lower interest rates to ward off a
housing-led slowdown.</p><br clear="all"/>
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