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- THE WEEK, Page 25NATIONLast Call
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- With just one month before voters go to the polls, the
- nation's economic indicators flashed yellow last week. The New
- York City-based Conference Board reported that consumer
- confidence fell 2.6 points in September, its third drop in a
- row. The Commerce Department revealed that its index of leading
- indicators fell 0.2% in August. And the latest unemployment
- figures showed a tiny 0.1% improvement, to 7.5%. President Bush
- proclaimed it "very good news." Labor Secretary Lynn Martin was
- more precise: "It is good that the news is not awful."
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