LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks rose while gold hit another record high and the dollar weakened on Wednesday after Federal Reserve minutes expressed ...
AP News in Brief Obama to announce more troops for Afghanistan next week to 'finish the job' — expects support WASHINGTON (AP) — ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed. Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern ...
The Bank of England admitted Tuesday it lent a total of 61.6 billion pounds to Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS in secret during last year's financial crisis, adding that the cash had been repaid. The British central bank revealed the loans, ...
The US economic rebound in the third quarter was weaker than initially estimated, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in cutting its estimate to a 2.8 percent annual pace of expansion. The gross domestic product (GDP) figure was revised down from last month's ...
Safe-haven dollar mixed on economic reports as Fed says inflation is under control The dollar was mixed Tuesday as economic reports signaled a modest rebound, while the Federal Reserve said it could take "five or six years" for a recovery and inflation ...
Fed: record-low rates designed to keep economic recovery going could feed speculative bubble The Federal Reserve doesn't expect the recovery will be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, and acknowledged its efforts to keep the rebound going could feed ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought in the third quarter, but a fifth month of gains in house prices in September and an improvement in consumer morale signaled the anemic recovery was intact. In its second ...
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised its outlook for US economic growth in 2010 to a range of 2.5 to 3.5 percent, and said the troubles in unemployment appeared to be near a peak. In a new forecast accompanying minutes from the ...
FILE - In this May 24, 2008 file photo, the headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank is seen at sunrise in Washington. The Federal Reserve says the unfolding recovery will probably be gradual, as modest growth keeps the nation's unemployment rate elevated ...
US economic growth in the third quarter was slower than initially estimated, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, cutting its estimate to a 2.8 percent annual pace of expansion. The gross domestic product (GDP) figure was revised down from last month's estimate of ...
FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2007 file photo, an oil pump is seen at dusk in Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil prices fell below $76 a barrel Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, with new data showing a slow U.S. economic recovery and consumer confidence ...
