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Page last updated at 14:10 GMT, Thursday, 28 August 2008 15:10 UK

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House prices 'fall 10.5% in year'
UK house prices are down 10.5% on a year ago, the first annual double-digit fall since 1990, the Nationwide says.
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Gloom over house price figures
Call for housing market 'rescue'

Shopper in Bath UK retail sales 'at record low'
A CBI report on UK retail sales posts its worst monthly reading since it was first compiled 25 years ago.

A shopping basket US GDP rebounds with 3.3% growth
The US economy grew 3.3% in the second quarter of 2008, the Commerce Department said, much higher than first thought.


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