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Stories for April 16th 2009
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Thursday, April 16th 2009 - 07:22 UTC
US March consumer prices mark new annual declination record
United States consumer prices fell in March and recorded their first annual drop in more than half a century, according to official figures from the Labour Department. The consumer price index fell 0.1% last month after energy prices declined. In February prices had risen 0.4%.
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Thursday, April 16th 2009 - 07:15 UTC
World Bank plans to loan 14 billion USD to Latinamerica
The World Bank expects to loan some 14 billion US dollars to Latinamerica this fiscal year, or almost three times what it lent in 2008, the bank's Vice-President for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Pamela Cox told a conference call with reporters.
