Washington - Democrats and some Republicans in the U.S. Senate bills (on Friday evening local time) to have reached a compromise on einKonjunkturpaket.
The details of the program wurdenzunächst not known. The public investment program) has nachAngaben of CNN a volume of 780 billion U.S. dollars (607 billion euros.
The economic syringe is designed to help overcome the deep recession in the U.S.. A vote amFreitagabend was not expected.
Under pressure from Democrats, the original plan with einemUmfang of around 900 billion U.S. dollars had been significantly altered.
U.S. President Barack Obama, who is pressing for possible rascheVerabschiedung of the stimulus plan in Congress, warned again before amFreitag `catastrophic" consequences of further delays desKonjunkturplans. The recent alarming figures from the U.S. labor market, went again in January showing that nearly 600 000 Jobsverloren, were evidence of need for urgent action. The unemployment rate in the U.S. rose from 7.2 percent to imDezember now 7.6 percent, the highest level since 1992.
