Hurricane Ike to affect U.S. economy, but not like Katrina
Sep 17, 2008
effect on the national economy is expected to be sharp but limited, analysts said. 'It's going to be felt by the U.S. economy -- not to extent that Katrina was,' said Brad Ewing, an economist at Texas Tech University in Lubbock who studies the financial effect of hurricanes and tornadoes. Only rough estimates on the losses from Ike were available from risk management companies, but their
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