He said the country might find it hard to hit its trade growth target of 10 percent for the year.

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Despite the weakness of the euro-area economy and talk of the risk of deflation, that target has proved hard to hit.

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And that's why this bill nearly doubles the FBI's mortgage and financial fraud program, allowing it to better target fraud in hard-hit areas.

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