tax rebate checks

The U.S. economy grew at a better than expected 3.3 percent rate in the second quarter, according to a report Thursday from the Commerce Department.

But tax rebate checks and the weak dollar fueled the boost, and experts don't expect the healthy economic growth to last.

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This year, restaurant operators have two reasons for licking their chops in the next several weeks: Mother's Day and the tax rebate checks.

When President Bush signs the economic stimulus package Wednesday, it will make it easier for residents in pricey housing markets to get government-backed mortgages.

That could be worth far more than those $600 tax rebate checks.

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Some critics are convinced that any tax rebate checks from Congress will go straight to China if Americans take the extra money and splurge at the mall.

Some critics are convinced that any tax rebate checks from Congress will go straight to China if Americans take the extra money and splurge at the mall.