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A member of the public walks past a currency exchange booth ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:25:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - A member of the public walks past a currency exchange booth in London. The dollar came under fresh pressure Monday after comments suggesting US authorities may extend emergency stimulus measures, encouraging traders to move into riskier assets including gold.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

A member of the public walks past a currency exchange booth ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:31:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A member of the public walks past a currency exchange booth in London. The dollar slid against the euro on Monday on concerns that US authorities may prolong emergency stimulus measures, helping push the price of gold to a record high above 1,170 dollars, analysts said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

Gold bars stacked at the plant of a gold refiner. The dollar ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:26:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Gold bars stacked at the plant of a gold refiner. The dollar slid against the euro on concerns that the Federal Reserve may keep emergency stimulus measures in place for a while longer, helping push gold prices to a record high level.(AFP/File/Sebastian Derungs)

Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) (R) arrives with Senator Joe Lieberman ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:05:35 GMT

(Reuters) - Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) (R) arrives with Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (C) and Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) (L) to meet with the rest of Democratic caucus about a compromise deal on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill at the US Capitol in Washington February 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks with press after a ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:08 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks with press after a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill November 7. Pelosi said Thursday that any new economic pump-priming legislation would seek to maximize job creation while limiting deficit expansion that puts "a weight" on US growth.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)

Workers construct an apartment building in Centreville, Virginia ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:26:39 GMT

(AFP/File) - Workers construct an apartment building in Centreville, Virginia in October. The US economy is recovering much faster than expected but official stimulus measures behind the rebound threaten to exact a heavy toll on public finances, the OECD has warned.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

An Aqwise employee points at "biomass carriers" floating ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:05:41 GMT

(Reuters) - An Aqwise employee points at "biomass carriers" floating in a water tank at a government sponsored water technology conference in Tel Aviv November 18, 2009. Israel's water technology sector has prospered despite the global financial crisis, largely due to global stimulus packages and penetration in developing countries, officials said on Wednesday. Water recycling company Aqwise, whose system breeds bacteria to break down organic waste, saw its sales increase 50 percent in 2009, said Chief Executive Officer Elad Frenkel, capping five years of growth that put it at the top of the list. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL SCI TECH ENVIRONMENT)

A visitor looks at a display at a government sponsored water ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:02:28 GMT

(Reuters) - A visitor looks at a display at a government sponsored water technology conference in Tel Aviv November 18, 2009. Israel's water technology sector has prospered despite the global financial crisis, largely due to global stimulus packages and penetration in developing countries, officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL SCI TECH ENVIRONMENT)

Visitors look at a display at a government sponsored water technology ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:14 GMT

(Reuters) - Visitors look at a display at a government sponsored water technology conference in Tel Aviv November 18, 2009. Israel's water technology sector has prospered despite the global financial crisis, largely due to global stimulus packages and penetration in developing countries, officials said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL SCI TECH ENVIRONMENT)

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, seen here on November 7 and ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:43:49 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, seen here on November 7 and who is a top ally of President Barack Obama in the US House of Representatives, said Tuesday he hoped to pass a new economic stimulus bill "targeted" on jobs by December 18.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Smialowski)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, looks at his U.S. ...

(AP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:48:35 GMT

(AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, looks at his U.S. President Barack Obama, left, during their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Stimulus spending and other emergency measures have set the stage for global economic recovery, but nations must push ahead with free trade and investment to ensure growth, President Barack Obama and fellow Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

U.S. President Barack Obama New York, September 14, 2009. U.S. ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:43:17 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama New York, September 14, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Singapore on Saturday to join a summit of Asia Pacific leaders expected to agree on keeping stimulus policies in place to cement a global economic recovery. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Files

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. talks with some 85 ministers from ...

(AP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:42:57 GMT

(AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. talks with some 85 ministers from the greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas, asking them and their congregations to urge banks and other institutions to help people avoid foreclosures, in Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Jackson called his campaign Stimulus Part II, noting that home prices are expected to drop further in 2010, unemployment will continue to rise, as will the rate of foreclosures. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. talks with some 85 ministers from ...

(AP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:42:01 GMT

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., left, talks with some 85 ministers ...

(AP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:39:44 GMT

(AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., left, talks with some 85 ministers from the greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas, asking them and their congregations to urge banks and other institutions to help people avoid foreclosures, in Los Angeles Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Jackson called his campaign Stimulus Part II, noting that home prices are expected to drop further in 2010, unemployment will continue to rise, as will the rate of foreclosures. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

The leading stock exchange rose on signs that government stimulus ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:28:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - The leading stock exchange rose on signs that government stimulus policies and record-low interest rates are helping to drag the global economy out of recession.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

Labourers carry goods at a wholesale market in the eastern Indian ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:46 GMT

(Reuters) - Labourers carry goods at a wholesale market in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata November 11, 2009. India will focus on driving domestic demand until key developed economies recover and will not exit fiscal stimulus measures until necessary, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal (INDIA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Indian labourers work in a bulb factory in the eastern Indian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:54:52 GMT

(Reuters) - Indian labourers work in a bulb factory in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw (INDIA BUSINESS)

Indian labourers work in a bulb factory in the eastern Indian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:53:33 GMT

A worker, lacking eye protection, welds a motorised two-wheeler ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:43:31 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker, lacking eye protection, welds a motorised two-wheeler with his eyes closed at a workshop in Mumbai November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA BUSINESS)

A mechanic works at a metal workshop in Mumbai November 10, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:11 GMT

(Reuters) - A mechanic works at a metal workshop in Mumbai November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable. REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA BUSINESS)

A mechanic works at a metal workshop in Mumbai November 10, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:08 GMT

Kitchen utensils are transported on a horse cart in Jammu November ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Kitchen utensils are transported on a horse cart in Jammu November 10, 2009. India's annual industrial output growth probably cooled in September but was still robust on festival demand, and analysts said stimulus measures needed to continue next year to make the recovery durable. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR BUSINESS SOCIETY)

Banners for the APEC summit hang outside the SUNTEC city convention ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:55:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - Banners for the APEC summit hang outside the SUNTEC city convention centre in Singapore. Asia-Pacific finance chiefs, anxious about the potential for a "double-dip recession", will keep lavish stimulus spending in place for now, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

The venue where leaders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:26:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - The venue where leaders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation nations are set to meet November in Singapore. APEC finance ministers are set to reject any premature moves towards fiscal tightening and advocate a steady retreat from stimulus measures, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Tuesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:20:30 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before the closing bell in New York City. Wall Street stocks vaulted higher Monday as investor sentiment was helped by a Group of 20 decision to maintain stimulus measures to hasten economic rcovery from recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)

An art installation known as 'The Source' at the entrance ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:53:11 GMT

(AFP/File) - An art installation known as 'The Source' at the entrance to the London Stock Exchange. The leading share index closed higher in London on Monday on prospects for continued stimulus measures to underpin economic recovery in leading world economies.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

A cleaner cleans the main entrance of the Reserve Bank in Sydney. ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:36:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - A cleaner cleans the main entrance of the Reserve Bank in Sydney. Withdrawing Australia's government stimulus now would interrupt the recovery underway, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday as he warned the country was not immune to the risks to the global economy.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's ...

(AFP/POOL) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:39 GMT

(AFP/POOL) - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting, in St Andrews, Scotland. The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Winning)

Job seekers look over job listings in San Francisco, California. ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:38 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Job seekers look over job listings in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:38 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

People wait in line at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:14:06 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - People wait in line at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that attracted hundreds of people in New York City. US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2 percent, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Job seekers ascend an escalator to a job fair sponsored by Monster.com ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:14:06 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Job seekers ascend an escalator to a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that attracted hundreds of people in New York City. US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2 percent, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Lourdes Espaillat (R), an architectural student just out of ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:14:06 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Lourdes Espaillat (R), an architectural student just out of school, speaks with a perspective employer at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that attracted hundreds of people in New York City. US unemployment jumped to double digits in October for the first time since 1983, reaching 10.2 percent, prompting renewed talk of additional stimulus for an economy struggling to emerge from recession.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)

Graphic showing the 21-members of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:12:03 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Graphic showing the 21-members of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, meeting in a summit in Singapore November 14-15.(AFP/Graphic)

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is seen November ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:12:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is seen November 3 during a news conference on the Asia Pacific leaders' summit in Singapore. APEC leaders will maintain hefty stimulus packages until they secure a "durable" recovery from the global economic slowdown, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

A US woman prepares to cut up her credit cards in a bid to dig ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:55:27 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A US woman prepares to cut up her credit cards in a bid to dig herself out of credit card debt during a religious sermon in Kendall, Florida. The US Federal Reserve has held rock-bottom interest rates for "an extended period" and kept trillion-dollar stimulus measures in place to support a fragile recovery from recession.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

A sign announces a section of road work funded by the American ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:32 GMT

(Reuters) - A sign announces a section of road work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act U.S. economic stimulus plan in the Denver area, September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

People look at a large screen displaying India's benchmark ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:38 GMT

(Reuters) - People look at a large screen displaying India's benchmark share index on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai November 4, 2009. Indian shares rebounded 3.3 percent on Wednesday, their biggest rise in more than three and half months, supported by the government's assurance fiscal stimulus would be maintained and a world stocks rally. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA BUSINESS)

People look at a large screen displaying India's benchmark ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:35:47 GMT

The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. The world's ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:55:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. The world's largest economy grew for the first time in a year in the third quarter, at a 3.5 percent annual rate, largely the result of government stimulus spending, official data showed last week.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

Brian Brooke, a physicians assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:49:53 GMT

(AP) - Brian Brooke, a physicians assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, washes his hands before seeing a patient in the emergency room, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Towson, Md. State officials announced earlier in the day they're creating teams of staff members at hospitals around the state to secretly monitor their colleagues' hand-washing habits as part of a first-of-its-kind program. The monitors will contribute to a systemwide report on hand-washing, using $100,000 in federal stimulus money. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Brian Brooke, a physician's assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:49:27 GMT

(AP) - Brian Brooke, a physician's assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, washes his hands before seeing a patient in the emergency room, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Towson, Md. State officials announced earlier in the day they're creating teams of staff members at hospitals around the state to secretly monitor their colleagues' hand-washing habits as part of a first-of-its-kind program. The monitors will contribute to a system wide report on hand-washing, using $100,000 in federal stimulus money. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Brian Brooker, a physicians assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:06:02 GMT

(AP) - Brian Brooker, a physicians assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, washes his hands before seeing a patient in the emergency room, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Towson, Md. State officials announced earlier in the day they're creating teams of staff members at hospitals around the state to secretly monitor their colleagues' hand-washing habits as part of a first-of-its-kind program. The monitors will contribute to a systemwide report on hand-washing, using $100,000 in federal stimulus money. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

A sign urging staff and patients to wash their hands hangs on ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:05:02 GMT

(AP) - A sign urging staff and patients to wash their hands hangs on the wall as a patient is wheeled through the emergency room at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Towson, Md. State officials announced earlier in the day they're creating teams of staff members at hospitals around the state to secretly monitor their colleagues' hand-washing habits as part of a first-of-its-kind program. The monitors will contribute to a systemwide report on hand-washing, using $100,000 in federal stimulus money. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Brian Brooker, a physicians assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:04:27 GMT

(AP) - Brian Brooker, a physicians assistant at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, washes his hands before seeing a patient in the emergency room, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Towson, Md. State officials announced earlier in the day they're creating teams of staff members at hospitals around the state to secretly monitor their colleagues' hand-washing habits as part of a first-of-its-kind program. The monitors will contribute to a system wide report on hand-washing, using $100,000 in federal stimulus money. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Former Massachusetts ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:58:59 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures while delivering remarks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)

Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, ...

(AP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:21:57 GMT

(AP) - Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, who work for JLA Construction of Repbulic, Mo., work on a retaining wall that is part of an overpass being constructed over Highway 71 south of Lamar, Mo, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The overpass, part of the national stimulus package, will allow traffic on Highway 126 to pass over busy 71. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)

In this Oct. 27, 2009, photo, a sign along Highway 71, south ...

(AP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:21:50 GMT

(AP) - In this Oct. 27, 2009, photo, a sign along Highway 71, south of Lamar, Mo., advertises a new interchange that will improve traffic flow on the busy highway. The bypass construction is part of the national stimulus package passed to create jobs.(AP Photo/Mike Gullett)

Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, ...

(AP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:33:55 GMT

(AP) - Employees, Kenny Mooney, Bob Williams, and Matthew Kuticka, who work for JLA Contruction, Repbulic, Mo, work on a retaining wall that is part of an overpass being constructed over Highway 71 south of Lamar, Mo, on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The overpass, part of the national stimulus package, will allow traffic on Highway 126 to pass over busy 71. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)