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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
March 1, 2011
WASHINGTON — Rising food and energy prices ate away at the extra money workers received in January from a reduction in the payroll tax, according to government data released Monday, stalling the momentum in consumer spending.
The Obama administration had hoped to prop up the country’s economic....