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- 23 European nations, including the 17 that use the Euro, “have tentatively agreed to a new treaty that enforces stricter budget rules seen as crucial to solving Europe’s debt crisis and holding the currency-bloc together.” [Associated Press]
- Great Britain, along with Sweden, Hungary, and the Czech Republic refused to join the new treaty. [Reuters]
- According to a survey of economists, “the ailing housing market is unlikely to return to health before 2016 and is weighing on the two-year-old U.S. recovery.” [Wall Street Journal]
- The House plans to vote on a bill next week to extend the expiring payroll tax cut, which would also authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and roll back EPA regulations. [New York Times]
- House Republicans successfully passed a bill blocking a dust regulation that doesn’t actually exist. [The Hill]
- WalMart has started an internal investigation into into whether its business practices complied with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. [Washington Post]
- Hedge funds are bracing for a bad year. [CNBC]
- Over the summer, U.S. household wealth took its biggest hit in two years. [Associated Press]
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