MONEY CHIEF SEES UPTURN.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Sunday that he finds hopeful signs of an economic rebound, sounding a more-optimistic assessment than Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

``I frankly don't think we're still slipping. I think we've been bouncing around at a very low rate of real growth for the better part of the last six months,'' O'Neill told ``Fox News Sunday.''

O'Neill cited an increase in automobile sales and strong housing starts. ``I think one can find the real threads of hope for a return to a higher level of real growth,'' O'Neill said.

In testimony last week before Congress, Greenspan …