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Paid for by spending cuts and tax rises elsewhere . And with a general election imminent, how will the Budget Go Down Beyond Westminster . Im in Newcastle Hearing from local businesses and Community Leaders about what they want from the budget and getting their reaction to what the chancellor announces. Yes, its budget mike day. The day has finally arrived. One of the few remaining set pieces were the government gets the opportunity to set out its agenda before the general election. Whenever tha...

Thats health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. now to our three big money headlines. sky-high confidence. black thursday. and counting the beans. joining me now, hitha prabhakar a retail and economy analyst. good morning, this brand-new survey shows consumer confidence at its highest since july, 2007. whats that say about the growth of the economy? >> well, alex, economists still say that the economy is growing at a slower rate. but look at these numbers. consumer confidence hits at 84.9. thats up...

And this, when the average top marginal tax rate was 84.9%. now, compare this with the period from 1987 to the year 2010, when the average tax rate was just 36.4%. the economy grew at a far less robust rate of just 2.9%. we keep being told that mr. romneys been rehearsing his zingers. but lets hope that hes not going to use that line from president clinton, its the economy, stupid, because the easiest response to that is, we know whos stupid when it comes to the economy. thanks so much for watch...

Little bit below pittsburgh. very low foreclosure rates, thats what gets louisville toward the top of that list. houston, texas, this is an area weve been talking about a lot. a lot of texas is actually doing very well. 73.2, the issue there is it has strong industry and energy-related jobs. people are moving to houston and austin and dallas and places like that. so, youre seeing the possibility of housing price indexes. lets take you to the minneapolis/st. paul area. very low unemployment in so...