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  European Car Sales Fall to 20-Year Low Amid Unemployment

  European car sales fell to a 20-year low in May as record joblessness caused by a recession in the euro area reduced demand at PSA Peugeot Citroen, Renault SA, Fiat SpA and General Motors Co.

• Fewer Workers File Disability Claims as Economy Improves

  The number of U.S. workers filing long-term disability claims declined for the first time in at least four years in 2012 amid an improving economy and employment picture.

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  Abenomics Mobilizes Japan Homebuyers to Action: Mortgages

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge to end 15 years of deflation has prompted the nation’s biggest banks to raise mortgage rates, mobilizing people like Karin Abe to buy a home four years earlier than he had planned.

• Housing Starts Probably Rose in May as U.S. Expansion Gets Boost

  Housing starts probably rose in May, extending a rebound that is helping shore up the U.S. expansion, economists said before a report today.

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  RBA Saw Potential for Lower Aussie as Rate-Cut Scope Remains

  Australia’s central bank said the local dollar may fall further as export prices ease and repeated it has room to cut interest rates again, according to minutes of its June 4 meeting at which it held the cash rate steady.

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  End of Easing Spurs S&P 500 Gains of 16% as Economy Grows

  More than $500 billion wiped off the value of U.S. stocks is providing opportunities for investors who remember that equities tend to rise when the Federal Reserve begins reducing efforts to stimulate the economy.

• Abenomics Races Against the Clock

  Are Shinzo Abe’s days as Japan’s prime minister numbered?

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  Gatsby-Style U.S. Weddings Show Confidence to Spend: Economy

  Lauren O’Shaughnessy has boosted prices for her wedding-planning services by about 25 percent since 2009 as the economic expansion puts Americans in the mood for bigger parties and fancier locations.

• Aussie Extends Weekly Gain Amid Speculation Short Bets Overdone

  Australia’s dollar rose, extending its first weekly gain against the greenback in six, amid speculation record bets on its decline may be overdone.

• Tokyo Apartments Put Up for Sale Surge as Economy Recovers

  The number of condominiums offered for sale in Tokyo and surrounding areas in May surged 49 percent, the biggest gain in more than a year, as Japan’s economy started to show signs of improvement.

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  The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index measures Americans' perceptions on three important variables: the state of the economy, personal finances and whether it's a good time to buy needed goods or services. A new index reading is generated every week, making it a timely sentiment gauge.

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• TD’s Mulraine Says Consumers Are `Far More Buoyant’

• FTN’s Low Says Home Prices and Confidence in Tandem

• Conference Board's Franco On Consumer Confidence

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