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The White House expects the federal budget deficit to hit a new record high of $490 billion in 2008-2009, Consumer confidence in Germany f...

U.S. new home sales fell 0.6% in June. So far in 2008, new home sales are down 35% YoY. U.S. durable goods orders rose 0.8% in June. Exclu...

U.S. existing home sales fell 2.6% on the month. U.S. jobless claims rose 34,000 last week to 406,000. U.K. retail sales fell 3.9% in June...

(Reuters) - The United States faced increasing inflationary pressures in recent weeks amid slowing economic growth, the Federal Reserve said...

Richmond Federal Reserve regional index of manufacturing fell from -12 to -16 in July Canada ’s retail sales rose 0.4% in May The USDA sai...

On War #267: Running the Narrows By William S. Lind More, the money is about to run out. We seem to have forgotten that no activity the sta...

U.S. leading indicators fell 0.1% in June The Chicago Federal Reserve's index of national activity rose from -1.06 to -0.60 in June The ...

Canada’ s leading indicator reported unchanged for June. Canada’s wholesale sales rose 1.6% MoM and 2.9% YoY. The U.K . reported a budget d...

U.S. housing starts were at an annual rate of 1.066 million units, up 9.1% MoM, but down 26.9% YoY. U.S. jobless claims rose 18,000 last w...

U.S. consumer prices rose 1.1% in June and 5.0% YoY, the biggest yearly jump since 1991. Excluding food and energy, prices rose 0.3% in June...

The SEC said it plans to curb traders' ability to short sell some of the largest banks and brokerage firms. U.S. producer prices rose 1...

Recession looms as Spain crumbles The eurozone is tipping into a deeper downturn than America itself despite the tremors in the US mortgage...

China 's foreign-exchange reserves rose 35.7% YoY, to a record $1.81 trillion. Industrial production in the Euro area fell 1.9% in May...

Paulson Seeks Authority to Shore Up Fannie, Freddie (Update2) The plan would give Paulson power to buy an unspecified amount of stock in Fa...

Monetarists warn of crunch across Atlantic economies Paul Kasriel, chief economist at Northern Trust, says lending by US commercial banks ...

Thanks to the declining dollar , U.S. Trade deficit shrank to $59.8 billion from $60.5. (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the big...

YoY U.S. foreclosure filings rose 53%. U.S. jobless claims were down 58,000 last week to 346,000 Australia 's unemployment rate impr...

Senate Backs Wiretap Bill to Shield Phone Companies Obama voted for the plan.

GDP in the Euro area rose 0.7% QoQ and 2.1% YoY Canada ’s Housing starts fell 4.3% from May's pace. Japan 's core machinery orders ...

U.S. pending home sales fell 4.7% in May and down 14% YoY. Services in the U.K . fell from +17 to -2 QoQ, the lowest since 1992.

U.K . manufacturing output fell 0.5% in May. Germany’s industrial production fell 2.4% in May. The USDA said: 62% of the corn crop was rat...

India may increase edible oil imports by more than 80 % in the four months to October. Argentina's House approved the president's ...

Insurer Allianz raises pressure on G8 for climate action A climate consultancy, Ecofys, carried out the study on behalf of environmental or...

U.S . factory orders rose 0.6% in May. Producer prices in the Euro area rose 1.2% in May and up 7.1% YoY. Australia’ s retail sales rose 0....

The Chicago Purchasing Managers' index rose from 49.1% to 49.6% in June Canada GDP rose 0.4% in April and up 1.2% YoY The USDA estim...

The CFTC has reiterated it has the power to stop trading in futures in emergencies. Pelosi told the CFTC to use its powers and bring a halt ...

Barclays warns of a financial storm as Federal Reserve's credibility crumbles Barclays Capital said in its closely-watched Global Outlo...

U.S. GDP rose 1.0% in the first quarter and up 2.5% YoY. U.S. existing home sales were at an annual rate of 4.99 million units, up 2.0% in...

U.S. New home sales were at an annual rate of 512,000 units in May, down 2.5% from April's pace. YoY new home sales are down 37%. U.S....

The S&P/Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices fell 1.4% in April and down 15.3% YoY. The Conference Board's index of consumer conf...

The Chicago Fed’s index of national activity improved from -1.23 to -.96 in May Business confidence in Germany fell from 103.5 to 101.3 in ...

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol What is most remarkable about what they are doing is that instead of trying to reen...

Morgan Stanley warns of 'catastrophic event' as ECB fights Federal Reserve Just as then, the dollar has plummeted far enough to cau...

Canada ’s retail sales rose 0.6% in April Mexico 's central bank raised its overnight rate by 25 basis points to 7.75%. India 's inf...

U.S . leading indicators rose 0.1% in May -- better than expected. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's regional index of manufacturing fe...

Gold May Rise to $5,000 on Inflation, Schroder Says (Update1) Demand for gold will also rise as central banks become net buyers for the firs...

Mexican Peso Trims Gains as Calderon Announces Price Freezes ..Calderon said the government and industry groups had agreed to freeze the pr...

The Illusion of Vast Undeveloped U.S. Oil Resources There has been a relentless stream of discussion on talk radio and articles in the mains...

Canada ’s index of leading indicators rose 0.2% Construction output in the Euro area fell 0.8% in April and down 2.4% YoY The U.S. DOE said:...

U.S. producer prices rose 1.4% in May and 7.2% YoY. U.S. housing starts fell 3.3% from April's pace. It was the smallest number of hou...

The N.Y. Fed’s regional index of manufacturing fell from -3.2 to -8.7 in June, weaker than expected. Consumer prices in the Euro area rose ...

U.S. CPI rose 0.6% in May and 4.2% YoY. Excluding food and energy, prices rose 0.2%. The University of Michigan's index of consumer se...

Supreme Court restores habeas corpus, strikes down key part of Military Commissions Act The Court's ruling was grounded in its recognit...

U.S. retail sales rose 1.0% in May. Excluding autos, sales rose 1.2%. U.S. business sales rose 1.4% in April. Inventories rose 0.5%. U.S. j...

Baltic Dry Index Has Record Decline as Port Congestion Eases The index tracking transport costs on international trade routes dropped 963 po...

Japan 's GDP rose 1.0% QoQ and 1.6% YoY Japan’s producer prices rose 4.7% YoY. U.K .'s unemployment rate rose 0.1% MoM. Canada ’s in...

The U.S. trade gap grew 7.8 % to $60.9 billion, its biggest one-month gain since September 2005, Japan 's machinery orders rose 5.5% i...

Buffett bets S&P 500 will beat hedge funds Buffett has long been critical of hedge funds because of the high fees they charge investors...

The National Association of Realtors said that U.S. pending home sales rose 6.3% in April. Swiss unemployment rate stayed at 2.5 % last mo...