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ThinkstockEurope’s economy has shown unexpected resilience, and it may even be recovering from a deep recession, according to PMI data…
ThinkstockChina’s fresh purchasing managers index (PMI) data showed its economy has moved toward a state of stagnation, and manufacturing has…
ThinkstockIn the second quarter of 2013, 59% of privately held companies surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were optimistic about the U.S.…
ThinkstockIs the American Dream dead? The vast majority of Americans born into poverty are unable to make much more than…
ThinkstockHunger problems are part of the regular study of organizations like the U.N. and The World Bank. The causes are…
ThinkstockMarket prices in China soared as the Hang Seng rose 2.3% to 21,915, and H shares were up 3.9% to…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has released its Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) for the month of June.…
ThinkstockAdd another ominous sign to the current and probably near-term future of the U.S. economy. A string of data about…
The Joint G20 Finance and Labour Ministers’ Meeting gathered in Russia recently. The most important statement by the group indicated…
ThinkstockOn Thursday, the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. The total value of the city’s outstanding obligations…
ThinkstockThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has crafted a proposal to develop new rules over the next two…
ThinkstockRetail spending is often used as a barometer of the general economy. If consumer spending is two-thirds of gross domestic…
ThinkstockWith an improving economy, an unexpected but welcome increase in tax revenue and federal spending down, largely because of budget…
ThinkstockFollowing last month’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the euro-U.S. dollar exchange rate (EURUSD) fell to just over 80. Less…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsWeekly jobless claims data have been released by the U.S. Labor Department. Last week was a…
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