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Major economic challenges face the next president

The stock market is on a quick-moving roller coaster, huge financial firms are still sizing up staggering losses and bailouts are barely making a ripple of impact.

Retailers and restaurants are seeing slowing sales, just as the holiday season gets under way.

And homeowners are heading into foreclosure at a record pace, with a real estate market that likely isn't near bottom.

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