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Official: China can meet 7.5 percent growth target
China's sharp economic downturn has ended after trade and consumer spending improved in October but the world's second-largest economy is not ready ...
China exports accelerate in October, imports weak
China's export growth accelerated in October in a fresh sign the world's second-largest economy is recovering from a painful slump, but the commerce ...
After 3 bumpy years, Europe turns corner on crisis
The worst of Europe's financial crisis appears to be over. European leaders have taken steps to ease the panic that has plagued the region for three ...
US economic growth was likely stronger in Q3
The U.S. economy appears to have grown over the summer faster than first thought. U.S. companies sold more goods overseas in September, helping narrow ...
China's factory output rises in sign of recovery
China's auto sales, consumer spending and factory output improved in October in a new sign of economic recovery as the Communist Party prepared to ...
China's inflation eases, giving room for stimulus
China's inflation eased further in October as increases in food prices slowed, giving Beijing room to launch new stimulus measures if needed to speed ...
Stocks slide on Wall Street, extending sell-off
Stocks slid on Wall Street Thursday, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average logged its biggest one-day drop of the year, as investors fretted ...
ECB president warns on economic growth
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has warned that the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro remains weak and will struggle to grow ...
US trade deficit narrows to $41.5 billion
The U.S. trade deficit declined to the lowest level in nearly two years because exports rose to a record high. The gain may not last given the global ...
Dow loses 313 in post-election sell-off
Wall Street greeted a second Obama term the way it greeted the first. Investors dumped stocks Wednesday in the sharpest sell-off of the year. With the ...
The economy Obama faces: Slow but gaining steadily
Some reward. Here's the assignment President Barack Obama has won with his re-election: Improve an economy burdened by high unemployment, stagnant ...
Oil falls as global economic worries resurface
The price of oil plunged 4 percent Wednesday as traders shifted their focus back to the struggles of the global economy. Benchmark oil dropped $3.
Oil down as US economy fears re-emerge
Oil prices gave up a chunk of the previous session's gains to trade near $87 a barrel Wednesday as investor fears over the U.S. economy emerged ...
Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy
President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his ...
Post-storm construction hiring may aid US economy
Hiring in the long-depressed U.S. construction industry will get a boost from the rebuilding that will follow Superstorm Sandy. Those jobs, in turn, ...
Consumers give US economy a lift before election
A flurry of data issued Thursday sketched a brightening view of the U.S. economy in the final days before a presidential election that will pivot on ...
US worker productivity grew 1.9 pct. rate in Q3
U.S. worker productivity grew at the same modest rate this summer as in spring, a sign that companies may be nearing the limits on how much output ...
Storm's cost may hit $50B; rebuilding to ease blow
Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS ...
AP survey: Economic ills may defy next president
Whoever wins the U.S. presidential election will likely struggle to manage the biggest economic threats he'll face. That's the cautionary message that ...
Halftime report: Is fear of a weak 3Q overblown?
It's halftime for the season of corporate earnings reports, and investors are in desperate need of a locker-room pep talk. Before Alcoa reported its ...
American economy expands at modest 2 percent pace
The latest snapshot of economic growth shows the U.S. recovery remains tepid. Growth in the July-September quarter climbed slightly but was still too ...
Oil rises as massive storm aims for East Coast
The price of oil rose slightly Friday as data showed the U.S. economy is muddling along and the East Coast prepares for a potentially damaging storm.
US growth figures give only temporary market boost
Strong U.S. economic growth figures shored up financial markets only temporarily on Friday, with Wall Street trading lower and European indexes ...
Better GDP report sends stocks slightly higher
Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported a slight pickup in U.S. economic growth. The gains were held ...