When a Federal Reserve committee meets Tuesday to consider the federal interest rate, it will likely revise its glum outlook into something brighter. But will it also acknowledge the U.S.’s growing inflation problem?
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Many small investors have recently piled into commodities, especially copper, on the assumption that ever-growing demand from developing countries would keep sending prices skyward. Now they are learning a drop in demand is als…
Japanese shares plummeted in the aftermath of what Prime Minister Naoto Kan describes as Japan’s worst disaster since 1945. The Nikkei 225 Index plunged 6.2%, wiping out this year’s gains and hitting its lowest level in four mo…
After years of recession and a less than stellar economic recovery, growing numbers of worker are feeling the emotional toll. More of them than ever feel undervalued, stressed out, and dissatisfied with their jobs, a new survey…
Americans’ zest for a bargain has an economic downside: It creates a giant opportunity for the scads of shady operators — especially from China — that specialize in pumping out counterfeit versions of the real thing. From foo…