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The Fed reduced the federal funds rate to 2.00%, U.S . GDP rose 0.6% QoQ and 2.5% YoY. U.S. employment cost index rose 0.7% QoQ and 3.3% Yo...

According to the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller home price index U.S. home prices fell 12.7% YoY. The Conference Board index of cons...

The Chicago Fed’s regional index of manufacturing fell from 108.4 to 107.6 in April. YoY Japan's retail sales rose 1.1% in March. The...

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell from 69.5 to 62.6 -- the lowest in 26 years. U.K .'s GDP rose 0.4% QoQ ...

Platinum Falls in N.Y. on Catalyst Replacement; Palladium Drops April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Platinum fell in New York after Mitsui Mining & ...

U.S. Durable goods orders fell 0.3% in March. Excluding transport, orders rose 1.5% -- stronger than expected. U.S. New home sales were at ...

Industrial new orders for the Euro zone rose 0.6% in February. Euro zone index of services rose from 51.6 to 51.8 in March. Australia '...

From Artificial Boom to Real Bust But we are using this time in the jet stream to profit from a vacuum in the news stream. That is, cut off ...

The National Association of Realtors said existing home sales fell 2% MoM, and 19% YoY. The Richmond Fed's regional index of manufactur...

The USDA said: 4% of the corn crop was planted, down from a five-year average of 17%. The USDA said there were 657 million pounds of frozen...

(Reuters) "I think the most important thing for the Fed to do is not just use moral suasion, but a baseball bat with respect to the ban...

The Conference Board said that its index of leading indicators rose 0.1%. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's index of manufacturing fel...

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in March and 4.0% YoY. Without food and energy, prices rose 0.2% in March and 2.4% YoY. U.S. housing starts ...

U.S. producer prices rose 1.1% in March. Excluding food and energy costs, prices rose 0.2% The New York region of the Federal Reserve announ...

Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear For centuries—millennia—farmers have saved seeds from season to season: they planted in the spring, harvested in...

U.S . retail sales rose 0.2% in March, better than expected. U.K . producer prices rose 6.2% Industrial production in the Euro area rose 0....

Chile Thirsts for Rain as Goats Drop, Mines Face Power Cuts Chile is in the grip of the most damaging drought in a century. The water shorta...

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell from 69.5 to 63.2, the lowest since 1982. Results from industrial bellwether...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac looking to help those who owe more than home's worth The program by the largest U.S. financier and guarantor of ...

The U.S. The trade gap expanded unexpectedly to $62.32 billion in February The U.S. Labor Department said jobless claims fell 53,000 to 3...

Commodities Rise Most in 7 Weeks; Oil, Fuel, Corn Hit Records (Bloomberg) -- Commodities jumped the most in two weeks as crude oil , gasolin...

(FT) The world's leading banks have accepted much of the blame for the credit crisis in an attempt to stave off calls for more regulatio...

The National Association of Realtors said the index of pending home sales fell from 86.2 to 84.6 in February. Home prices in the U.K . fell...

Japan 's index of leading indicators increased from 36.4% to 50% in February.

Iceland contagion may spread far and wide Fitch said countries that run current account deficits above 10pc of GDP for any length time almos...

U.S. unemployment rate rose from 4.8% to 5.1% in March Canada ’s unemployment rate increased from 5.8% to 6.0% in March Canada’s consumer ...

The Institute of Supply Managements' index of U.S. services rose from 49.3 to 49.6 in March. Retail sales volume in the Euro area fell...

False ideology at the heart of the financial crisis By George Soros Instead of reshuffling regulatory agencies, the authorities ought to pre...

Daily caffeine 'protects brain' Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, rese...

U.S. factory orders fell 1.3% in February, weaker than expected Weak dollar boosts Long Beach (CA) exports 36%, but cuts imports 7.6% in Feb...

The Institute of Supply Management said t its index of U.S. manufacturing increased from 48.3 to 48.6 in March, U.S. Construction spending...

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' index rose from 44.5 to 48.2 in March. Canada ’s GDP rose 0.6% MoM, and 2.2% YoY Japan 's industri...

U.S. Personal incomes rose 0.5% in February, better than expected. Consumer spending rose 0.1%. The University of Michigan's consumer s...

U.S . GDP was unrevised at 0.6% growth for the fourth quarter of 2007, the slowest pace since late 2002. The U.S. economy seems to be slipp...

Senate panel chief questions Dimon's Fed seat "I have great respect for Jamie Dimon, who's head of JPMorgan," Dodd, a Con...

U.S. new home sales fell 1.8% MoM and 29.8% YoY U.S. durable goods orders fell 1.7% in February. Excluding transportation, orders fell 2.6...

Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices fell by 11.4% in January, the biggest monthly drop since the index began in...

The National Association of Realtors said existing home sales were at an annual rate of 5.03 million units in February, up 2.9% MoM and bett...

Sooner Fed bail-outs than the 1930s revisited We should be thankful that the man now heading the US Federal Reserve - Ben Bernanke - spent ...

U.S. jobless claims rode 22,000 last week to 378,000. U.S. leading indicators fell 0.3% in February. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve...

U.S. government is lowering the capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from 30% to 20% in an attempt to provide more liquidity ...

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong shut all primary schools and kindergartens yesterday following the unexplained deaths of four young children with f...

U.S. retail sales fell 0.6% in February. Australia unemployment rate improved from 4.1% to 4.0% South African gold production fell 5% M...

Concerns surfaced the Feds plan to boost financial market liquidity might prove inadequate to ease the stress in the credit markets. U.S. ...

US Fed pins economic hopes on $200bn liquidity boost Mortgage debt is now greater than home equity for first time since records began.