For a host of reasons, other countries would love to free their economies from the stranglehold of the U.S. dollar’s influence, especially now, when the Fed’s stimulus actions are pushing the dollar lower, and everything else h…
As the G-20 meets in South Korea, many world leaders have stepped up their complaints about the Fed’s $600 billion quantitative easing program, as well as the rapid flow of capital into emerging markets. Some countries are inst…
The world economy is poised for more of the same in 2011: booming growth in China, India and Brazil, and a sluggish crawl in much of the rest of the developed world. Here are the five most important factors driving sluggish eco…
A key index that measures small business lending rose 16% in September, its second consecutive month of double-digit increases. That rise in the Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index is a strong signal that the U…
Despite a decent 2% rise in third-quarter GDP growth and plunging initial jobless claims, consumer sentiment dipped to an 11-month low of 67.7 in its final October reading, down from the preliminary 67.9 October tally, and 68.2 level in September.
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