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WSJ.com: Economy
  • Swaps Are Under Fire
    Momentum is building for stricter oversight of derivatives trading, as a top U.S. regulator recommended new limits on credit-default swaps and European leaders pushed for a ban on speculative bets against government debt.
    2010 03 10
  • Brown Sticks to Budget Plans
    The U.K. prime minister reiterated that he won't be using the upcoming budget to accelerate his government's debt-reduction plan, a controversial topic that has split economists and other experts.
    2010 03 10
  • China Exports Show Tentative Recovery
    China's exports expanded strongly for the third straight month in February, though they slipped slightly from January, showing a tentative recovery.
    2010 03 10
  • Fed Debates Next Rate Signal
    Long before the Fed raises short-term interest rates in the face of an improving economy, it will need to signal to the public that a change is in the works. Fed officials are intensifying discussions about how to send that sign when the time comes.
    2010 03 10
  • Wholesale Inventories Drop
    U.S. wholesalers' inventories unexpectedly fell 0.2% in January, as surging demand pulled goods off shelves in the first month of the year.
    2010 03 10

BBC News
  • Stephanomics
    Activist PM is no fan of 'letting things take their course'
    2010 03 10
  • Tough task
    Economic challenge for new president in quake-hit Chile .
    2010 03 10
  • UK economy 'still growing weakly'
    The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the December to February period, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
    2010 03 10
  • Economic storm not over, says PM
    Gordon Brown warns of economic storms ahead but vows not to "let you down" as the date of the Budget is announced.
    2010 03 10
  • Top public servants' pay frozen
    Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges and NHS managers, will have their pay frozen next year.
    2010 03 10

FT.com - US and Canada, Economy & Fed
  • Geithner warns of rift over regulation
    Tim Geithner, US Treasury secretary, has delivered a blunt warning to the European Commission that its plans to regulate the hedge fund and private equity industries could cause a transatlantic rift by discriminating against US groups
    2010 03 10
  • US wholesale inventories dip in January
    US wholesale inventories unexpectedly fell in January, official figures showed, as businesses worked to keep up with growing demand
    2010 03 10
  • Recession spurs US rethink on jobs target
    A top Federal Reserve official indicated that the target for full employment in the US economy could be raised in the wake of the job losses incurred during the recession
    2010 03 09
  • Beijing still keen to buy US bonds
    China's investments in US Treasury bonds are continuing 'every day' and should not be politicised, according to the head of China's foreign exchange administration, which manages $2,400bn in forex reserves
    2010 03 09
  • NY Fed warns against rapid sale of assets
    A senior official at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the US central bank should shrink its balance sheet 'in a gradual and passive manner' as it moves towards tightening monetary policy
    2010 03 08

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    2010 03 09
  • Fed Debates Next Rate Signal
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    A top U.S. regulator recommended new limits on jobs target
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    2010 03 10
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    2010 03 10
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    2010 03 10
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    2010 03 09
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    2010 03 10
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