Wages and salaries had been growing at a 4 percent pace in mid-March and this slowdown is similar to the late spring slowdowns in each of the past few years.

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The Commerce Department said U.S. builders began building new homes at the fastest pace since mid-2008 in March, a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.04 million homes.

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"The eurozone economy continued to deteriorate at an alarming pace in November, and is entrenched in the steepest downturn since mid-2009, " he added.

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The last time the eurozone's services index went below 50 was in mid-2003, when the eurozone was growing at the the snail's pace of 0.8%.

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The game could have turned into a rout had Fulham kept pushing but a series of substitutions slowed the pace and the home side were happy to play out a convincing victory which leaves them in mid-table and leaves West Brom in freefall after five straight defeats.

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