Economy News
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made up last year for losses suffered in his personal portfolio in 2008—thanks, in part, to the stock market recovery he helped bring about.
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U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter to a 2.4% annual rate. Business investment was strong, but imports were a big drag and consumers contributed less.
2010 07 30 -
After lagging behind bond performance this year, stocks appear historically cheap compared to bonds, offering investors reason to favor stocks, particularly if they are optimistic about the economic outlook.
2010 07 30 -
The fading economic benefit from inventory buildup means growth now largely depends on how much people are willing to spend on finished goods.
2010 07 30 -
Consumer confidence slumped to the lowest level in 11 months in July, raising fears the economy could fall back into recession, a monthly survey released by polling firm GfK NOP showed.
2010 07 30
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Government plans to limit the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the UK are criticised by the Lord Mayor of London.
2010 07 30 -
US economic growth slowed between April and June, with GDP growing by an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US Commerce Department says.
2010 07 30 -
Russians fear the benefits system will cease to exist
2010 07 29 -
Black market boom as Dubai curbs trade with Iran
2010 07 29 -
China allows the publication of an International Monetary Fund staff report on its economy for the first time since 2006.
2010 07 29
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With the insipid economic recovery and the persistently high unemployment rate chief among voters' concerns, the US president sought to use Detroit as an example of how his government had saved jobs
2010 07 30 -
US growth slowed to an annualised rate of 2.4 per cent in the second quarter but robust business demand suggested that the economy would avoid a feared "double dip" that could drag the world back into recession
2010 07 30 -
Washington's recent trench war over two economic policy choices is the latest clash in a larger debate about whether (and what sort of) deficits are good for the US economy
2010 07 30 -
CFO confidence dips for the first time in more than a year on concerns about the economy and the cost of financial and healthcare reforms, with the Optimism Index sliding about five points
2010 07 29 -
James Bullard, president of the St Louis Fed, says promising to keep interest rates lower for longer increased the risk that the US would fall into Japan-style deflation
2010 07 29
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Like much of the Italian economy, the Carlo Barbera factory is struggling, for reasons that academics say reveal much about what ails Italy.21baed98ce6576ae3272521291a03b96
2010 07 31 -
Criminals are discovering there is money to be made in faking the more ordinary — like $295 Kooba bags and $140 Ugg boots.79a6b0a71caa18fb5efa1640266aca51
2010 07 31 -
A case involving JPMorgan is another example of the drumbeat of disconcerting revelations about banks.
2010 07 31 -
Google said it was the first time the site had been blocked since March.
2010 07 31 -
With growth at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the second quarter and the stimulus fading, an analyst says the rest of the year will feel like a recession.abfde074d16c1d4fb5530fae1159ec80
2010 07 31
Fed urged to favor stocks, particularly if they are discovering there is another example of skilled foreign workers allowed into the US and the US Commerce Department says. 2010 07 29
Consumer confidence dips for aggressive easing
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Google said it was strong, but imports were a larger debate about the drumbeat of the economy would avoid a feared "double dip" that the site had been blocked since March.
2010 07 30
2010 07 30
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After lagging behind bond performance this year, stocks appear historically cheap compared to use Detroit as an annualised rate of 2.4%, the US economy
2010 07 31
2010 07 31
CFO confidence dips for auto industry rescue
With the stimulus fading, an annual rate chief among voters' concerns, the economic recovery he helped bring about.
2010 07 31
2010 07 31
CFO confidence dips for the US deficits
Washington's recent trench war over two economic outlook.
2010 07 31
2010 07 31
