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| | | ... Testifying before the US House Financial Services Committee, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that, "Although at present the US economy continues to require the support of highly accommodative monetary policies, at some point the Federal Reserve will ... |
| | | | ... sovereign debt burdens in Europe, before snapping back in the final hour. The US non-farm payrolls report, which showed the US economy lost 20,000 jobs in January, but the unemployment rate fell to 9.7 per cent, also presented a muddled picture on the ... |
| | | | ... 5.7 per cent growth. Without the contribution from inventories growth would only be 2.3 per cent and the bulk of the US economy - personal spending - is slowing. Personal consumption slowed to 2.0 per cent in the fourth quarter from 2.8 per cent in the ... |
| | | | ... 1,073.87. All three key indices were up in early trading as the market initially cheered a government report showing the US economy roaring to life in the fourth quarter with a 5.7 per cent growth rate on the back of brisk business spending to replenish ... |
| | | | ... to 4,697.7. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Thursday as investors absorbed more evidence of a troubled US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled following disappointing reports on employment and orders for big-ticket manufactured ... |
| | | | ... to hear what President Obama has to say in his State of the Union speech. Wall Street's still waiting to see how the US economy fared in the last quarter of 2009. All these would come to a head at the end of this week. And while it would remove some ... |
| | | | ... 4,670 points. NEW YORK - The US stock market rose after the Federal Reserve issued a more upbeat assessment of the US economy early on Thursday. Major stock indices had fallen before the Fed released its statement following a two-day meeting on interest ... |
| | | | ... Bernanke, for one, knows this all too well. He is an expert of the Great Depression of the 1930s. He knows too well how the US economy plunged back into contraction when the Roosevelt administration raised taxes, cut back spending and tightened monetary ... |
| | | | ... YORK - US stocks mostly rose on Friday on signs that consumers and businesses were feeling more confident about the US economy after better-than-expected retail sales figures for November. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 65.67, or 0.63 per cent ... |
| | | | ... does this leave us? Back in Kansas, that's where. Low interest rates would continue to underpin improvement in the US economy and on Wall Street. These, along with the resumption of the downtrend in the US dollar, would reinforce the US dollar carry ... |
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