Gross domestic income, or the money earned by the people, businesses and government agencies whose purchases go into calculating growth, rose at an average 2.8% annual rate from April through September after climbing 4.3% in the previous six months, according to Commerce Department data released on Nov. 22.

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So it is unlikely that, having slashed rates from September through April in an attempt to cushion the economy from the recessionary impact of the subprime credit crisis, the Fed will do anything in the near future.

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Her chemotherapy started in April and her radiation from July through the first week of September.

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