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Overview :
America’s GDP growth in the three months to the end of June was revised down sharply to an annualised quarter-on-quarter rate of 1.6% from the previous estimate of 2.4%. In ...
America, Manufacturing, India, Australia, Poland, All keywords...
economist.com
1 day ago
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The Slog
It’s easy to get confused by month-month fluctuations in the jobs report. But the bigger picture of the economy’s performance over the three years is starting to look very consistent. ...
Federal government, Department of Labor, All keywords...
economix.blogs.nytimes.com
1 day ago
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U.S. Lost 54,000 Jobs in August; Rate Rose to 9.6%
With the American economic recovery showing clear signs of slowdown, private employers added 67,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department said on Friday. The number was more than forecast. Over ...
President, Obama, Department of Labor, Senate, Congress, All keywords...
nytimes.com
1 day ago
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European Markets Hesitate Ahead of Jobs Data
European stock markets traded within a narrow range on Thursday after big gains the previous day, following a forecast-busting American manufacturing survey and ahead of the monthly news conference at ...
European Central Bank, United States, Manufacturing survey, Europe, Frankfurt, All keywords...
nytimes.com
2 days ago
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Ben Bernanke faces pressure to prop up US economic recovery
When Ben Bernanke addresses the annual symposium of central bankers in Jackson Hole tomorrow he does so against arguably the most challenging backdrop in his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman. ...
Ben Bernanke, United States, US Federal Reserve, Obama, Bongo, All keywords...
guardian.co.uk
1 week ago
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U.S. Industrial Production Rises More Than Forecast
This year, GM kept most of its U.S. plants open during the traditional shutdowns, a move that economists said propelled auto output last month. Photographer: Jim R.
Washington, United States, US Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Output, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
2 weeks ago
7.
German GDP Surges 2.2 Percent: Greatest Economic Boom Since German Reunification
In 2009, Germany fell into a deep recession during the global economic crisis. The economy contracted by 4.7 percent, the Statistical Office reported on Friday. The new figures offered a ...
Germany, German government, Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden, Rainer Br, Volkswagen headquarters, All keywords...
spiegel.de
2 weeks ago
8.
Geithner: Welcome to the Recovery
According to a report released last week by Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi, advisers to President Bill Clinton and Senator John McCain, respectively, the combined actions since the fall of ...
President, Obama, Washington, Gary Taxali, Ken Rogoff, All keywords...
nytimes.com
1 month ago
9.
When policy solutions don't work, America turns to foreign investment and homegrown ingenuity
In Washington, on Wall Street, and in anxious boardrooms and kitchens across the country, concerns are rising about the possibility that the U.S. economy could slip back into recession—a so-called ...
United States, USD, Mark Zandi, US Federal Reserve, America, All keywords...
slate.com
1 month ago
10.
US is falling Into a double-dip recession
In the longer term, we need a new New Deal that will bolster America’s floundering middle class.Most prior recessions were caused by the Fed over-shooting in trying to control inflation ...
Bill Clinton, Robert, Department of Labor, University of California at Berkeley, Professor of Public Policy, All keywords...
csmonitor.com
3 months ago
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A Money Too Far
Nor should you take seriously analysts claiming that we’re seeing the start of a run on all government debt. U.S. borrowing costs actually plunged on Thursday to their lowest level ...
Greece, Europe, California, United States, Washington, All keywords...
nytimes.com
3 months ago
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Like 2008, but without the banking crisis
Friedman and Schwartz showed that if the Fed remained passive in the face of rising demand for base money, then they were�effectively�tightening money policy.� This was essentially my argument about
United States, US Federal Reserve, Greece, European Central Bank, Portugal, All keywords...
themoneyillusion.com
4 months ago
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Why the U.S. recovery will be bigger, faster, and stronger than economists and politicians expect.
In the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown and the deep, long recession that followed, the decline of America has become the preferred intellectual preoccupation of the elite—left, right, and ...
United States, America, USD, Japan, China, All keywords...
slate.com
4 months ago
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Jobless Rate Steady in February, Fueling Hope for Spring Growth
The economy in February shed 36,000 nonfarm jobs, fewer than forecast, as the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday.
Rebecca Miranda, Dean Baker, Obama, Reuters, Shannon Stapleton, All keywords...
nytimes.com
6 months ago
15.
Charlie Munger: A parable about how one nation came to financial ruin
In the early 1700s, Europeans discovered in the Pacific Ocean a large, unpopulated island with a temperate climate, rich in all nature's bounty except coal, oil, and natural gas. Reflecting ...
United States, Adam Smith, Oil, Real estate, Natural gas, All keywords...
slate.com
6 months ago
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