Katrina could cost 400,000 jobs, cut growth-CBO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Katrina could cost as many as 400,000 U.S. jobs and slash economic growth by up to 1 percentage point, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday.
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