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U.S. personal incomes fell 0.3% in March U.S . consumer spending fell 0.2%. U.S. jobless claims fell 14,000 last week to 631,000. U.S. empl...

(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve refrained from increasing purchases of Treasuries and mortgage securities, saying that the economy is sh...

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of home prices dropped 18.6% from February 2008. For the first time in 16 months, the decline w...

The capital well is running dry and some economies will wither But our world is nothing like the late 1940s, when large families were rearin...

The Chicago Federal Reserve's index of national activity fell from -2.82 to -2.96 in March

Of couples and copulas The development of the model had, ironically, changed the nature of the reality it was modelling.

Banks stress test, Fed meeting, flood of earnings, potential Swine flu quarantines are some of the headwinds facing the market this week. Ch...

Germany's slump risks 'explosive' mood as second banking crisis looms "The Americans are ahead of the curve. European banks...

U.S. durable goods orders fell 0.8% in March MoM U.S. new home sales fell 0.6%.The inventory of new homes is at a 10.7 month supply. China h...

(Reuters) - The pace of sales of existing homes in the United States fell 3.0 percent in March to a much lower-than-expected annual rate of ...

MoM U.K .'s unemployment rate rose to 6.7% from 6.5% YoY Japan 's exports fell 45.6% in March Australia 's consumer prices rose ...

YoY U.K. consumer prices rose 2.9% in March Investor confidence in Germany rose from -3.5 to +13.0 in April Canada ’s wholesale sales fell...

Americans need to sharpen their financial know-how to help them best use their money, especially during the current economic crisis, Federal...

Funds try to spot the great oil rebound Crude at $50 does not square with the failure of the big oil companies to replace reserves over the ...

Bamboo shoots of recovery THE Chinese consider eight to be a lucky number because it sounds like the word meaning “prosperity”. And luck, c...

General Electric earned $2.74 billion in Q1, down from $4.3 billion YoY -- better than expected. YoY Canada ’s consumer prices rose 1.2% in ...

Obama Orders Release of Secret Memos But Strongly Signals That He Will Block Any War Crimes Investigation It is also a curious position for...

Are We Organisms Or Living Ecosystems? There's a growing consensus among scientists that the relationship between us and the 100 trillio...

U.S. jobless claims fell 53,000 last week to 610,000 U.S. housing starts were at an annual rate of 510,000 in March, down 10.8% MoM and do...

A 'Copper Standard' for the world's currency system? Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching ...

Why is Goldman Sachs So Scared of Mike Morgan? MW: What is the nature of the relationship between G-Sax and the political establishment in W...

U.S. CPI fell 0.1% in March and 0.4% YoY. Excluding food and energy, prices rose 0.2% MoM and 1.8% YoY. The New York Fed's regional ind...

Cross Your Fingers and Carry On I just don’t get it. Let’s assume that there is only a 10% chance that the International Energy Agency and ...

U.S. producer prices fell 1.2% in March and 3.5% YoY. U.S. retail sales fell 1.1% in March vs. expected 0.2% rise Bernanke sees signs econom...

Cash Beats Stocks for First Time in U.S. Survey Investors had a record 45 percent of assets in cash, including money-market investments, and...

Obama Opposes Right for Detainees in U.S. Military Prisons to Challenge Their Detention After seeking adopting Bush positions on unlawful su...

YoY Japan ’s producer prices fell 2.2% in March China 's official Purchasing Managers Index rose to 52.4 in March from 49.0 in February ...

April 11 (Bloomberg) -- China ’s new lending surged more than sixfold from a year earlier to a record 1.89 trillion yuan ($277 billion) in M...

U.S. jobless claims fell 20,000 last week to 654,000. The Commerce Department reported the U.S. trade deficit fell to $26 billion from a re...

Worldwide shipping rates set to tumble 74% “We expect industry fundamentals [for bulk carriers] to deteriorate further as demand continues ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association said mortgage applications rose 4.7%. U.S. wholesale sales rose 0.6% MoM, but fell14.3%YoY U.S. wholesale ...

Is Governor Zhou a closet Bernanke-ite? ..Notice to my students: learn more about how to resolve and restructure bad loans. This will be a...

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U.S. unemployment rose from 8.1% to 8.5% in March, pushing total job losses since the recession started 16 months ago past five million. Th...

The G20 moves the world a step closer to a global currency The world is a step closer to a global currency, backed by a global central bank...

China s Purchasing Manager’s Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 52.4 in March from 49 in February (Reuters) - Leaders of the G20 nations ag...

ADP said U.S. employers cut jobs by a record 742,000 in Feb. The Institute of Supply Management's index of manufacturing rose from 35.8...

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YoY the S&P/Case-Shiller index of U.S. home prices in 20 cities fell 19% in January The Conference Board's index of consumer confide...

Global stock markets dived today after the White House denied General Motors and Chrysler multi-billion dollar bailouts and threatened to pu...

Only a united front at the London G20 can save the world from ruin The risk is that this G20 becomes the defining moment when a disgusted ...

U.S. personal incomes fell 0.2% in February U.S. Consumer spending rose 0.2%. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index ros...

U.S. GDP fell at a 6.3% annual rate in Q4. U.S. Jobless claims rose 8,000 last week to 652,000. Canada’s lumber production fell 23% YoY YoY...

U.S. Durables orders rose 3.4% in February, stronger than expected . Excluding transportation orders rose 3.9% The Mortgage Bankers Associa...

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The Big Takeover ..There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power. In the age...

The Richmond Federal Reserve's regional index of manufacturing rose from -51 to -20 in March -- better than expected. YoY U.K .'s co...

MoM U.S. existing home sales rose 5.1% at their fastest pace in nearly six years. The inventory of existing homes for sale rose 5.2 percent ...

From now on, think of the US as a bigger Zimbabwe For readers who may not know, Mr Gono is governor of the Central Bank of Zimbabwe. He...

A gold bubble may well be coming our way In the stagflationary conditions of 1980, the gold price peaked at $875, the equivalent of $2,300 t...