If the economy is as bad as everyone says, why are stocks soaring? Thank the ...
Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, last week announced unprecedented measures aimed at lifting the sagging economy - and boosting the prices of assets like stocks and houses.www.washingtonpost.com
Economy sputters, yet stocks soar
Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, this week announced unprecedented measures aimed at lifting the sagging economy - and boosting the prices of assets like stocks and houses.poststar.com
The Fed concludes Obama's economy in dire straits
Egan-Jones Ratings Co. cut its credit rating for the U.S. one level to AA-, citing the potential for the Federal Reserve's third round of large-scale asset purchases to weaken the dollar and drive up inflation.www.washingtonpost.com
China takes aim at Japan's economy in protests over island ownership
While it urged protesters not to resort to violence, China's government has also encouraged the use of economic pressure in the dispute over Japan's control over the East China Sea islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.www.foxnews.com
Singh Embarks on Biggest Gamble to Revive Economy, Government
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has embarked on the biggest gamble of his second term, pushing through policy changes opposed by members of his own coalition as he seeks to revive the economy and the fortunes of his embattled party. After two ...www.bloomberg.com
Homebuilding Probably Climbed With Sales: US Economy Preview
By Michelle Jamrisko - 2012-09-16T04:01:01Z. New home construction and sales of previously owned houses probably climbed in August, a sign residential real estate is one of the economy's few bright spots, economists said before reports this week.www.bloomberg.com
UK economy has passed darkest moment, says John Major
The poor economic recovery, which has seen Britain formally enter a double-dip recession, has weakened David Cameron's position and emboldened critics on the right of the party to agitate against him.www.guardian.co.uk
Rwanda's Economy: An Unlikely Success Story
This year, Rwanda moved up seven spots on the World Economic Forum's competitiveness index to number 63 out of more than 140 countries.www.npr.org
Current oil prices no threat to world economy -Iran
DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Current oil prices above $100 a barrel are no threat to the world economy and political pressure on producers to raise output is driven by the approach of U.S.www.reuters.com
Earnings Outlook in US Dims as Global Economy Slows
The prolonged boom in American corporate profits, which has far outpaced the gains in the broader economy since the end of the last recession, is faltering.www.nytimes.com
Vietnam's economy loses its roar
While few predict economic meltdown or that the slowdown could weaken the party's grip on power, authorities have stepped up a crackdown on dissidents, bloggers and trade union activists over the last year, according to international human rights ...www.dailyherald.com
The Numbers Don't Lie-Why Lowering Taxes For The Rich No Longer Works To ...
And yet, as the chart reveals, since the Reagan era, there appears to be no correlation whatsoever between raising or lowering taxes and the state of the economy. Anyone who was filing out tax returns back in 1990 when President George H.W. Bush went ...www.forbes.com
Incumbency Amid A Sagging Economy: Why Obama Is Hoover, Not Roosevelt
The comparisons between the 1932 Hoover-Roosevelt campaign and today's Obama-Romney contest are pretty compelling. The big issue in each campaign is a huge drop in the economy, with the Great Depression and now the largest recession of recent ...www.forbes.com
Mitt Romney Campaign: The Economy Isn't Enough
Mitt Romney Economy. BuzzFeed: Mitt Romney's campaign for president appears to have quietly abandoned its guiding assumption, that the election would center on the struggling economy, and has visibly begun to feel for a new message. Read the whole ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Obama, Romney insist the other is bad for economy
BOSTON - Sensing an opening on the economy, President Barack Obama launched an aggressive new effort Saturday to convince voters in the most competitive states that Republican rival Mitt Romney is risky for the nation's recovery with a plan that ...www.timesargus.com
Housing market outpaces plodding economy
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. has settled once again into a pattern of lackluster growth, but one part of the economy stands out: housing. To be sure, the real-estate market hasn't come close to recovering from its worst slump in modern times.www.marketwatch.com
Economy is better off with digital disruption
THERE'S a certain irony in the mad rush by retailers to exploit the new iPhone launch. Take JB Hi-Fi. Its stores will be trying to entice shoppers to splash out on the shiny new iPhone 5 when it goes on sale next Friday.www.smh.com.au
Ryan: New Fed policy a "bailout" of failed Obama policies
Speaking at a campaign event in Oldsmar, Fla., Mitt Romney's vice presidential candidate lambasted the Fed's recent decision to try and do more to boost the economy as "sugar high economics." "We don't need synthetic money creation. We need economic ...thehill.com
Cleveland's innovation economy grows as venture capital streams into the region
Chuck CrowRahul Aras, the co-founder and chief executive of Juventas Therapeutics, says the region's innovation ecosystem is making it possible for his company to pursue a potentially revolutionary drug.www.cleveland.com
Rising gas prices crimping consumer spending, economy
Consumers cut back on clothing, electronics and at general merchandise outlets - discretionary purchases that typically signal confidence in the economy. Gas prices have risen more than 50 cents per gallon in the past two months. The national average ...www.rep-am.com
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