
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd introduced a far-reaching bill Monday that incorporated some compromises with committee Republicans on dealing with "too big to fail" institutions and other areas.
Depressed value of yuan widens U.S. trade gap
Friday, March 12, 2010
Mr. Obama on Thursday reminded the Asian giant that it pledged last year at the Group of 20 economic summit to pare its lopsided trade surplus with the U.S.
Wants to curb speculators
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Top political leaders said on Tuesday that they were sympathetic to demands from Greece's prime minister for a crackdown on speculators who have been plaguing European financial markets.
Currency rides high, unstable wave
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Greek debt crisis has become the biggest test not only of the European Union, but of its fledgling currency, the euro, which until recently had been enjoying newfound status as a reserve currency second only to the U.S. dollar.
Friday, March 5, 2010
UPDATED: The nation's unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.7 percent last month as employers shed another 36,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday morning.
Monday, March 1, 2010
The so-called "Great Recession" has left Americans depending on the government dole like never before.
Stage is set in U.S. for a Greek tragedy
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010
With uncharacteristic bluntness, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Congress on Wednesday that the United States could soon face a debt crisis like the one in Greece.
Some see it as lesser evil for economy
Friday, Feb. 19, 2010
Fears are growing that the United States will once again resort to printing money and ginning up inflation to resolve its debt problem.
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
World financial markets have been whipsawed in recent days by the European debt crisis, with stock and bond investors thousands of miles from Greece feeling the effects of that nation's budget woes.
Decennial tally will employ 1.4 million
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010
While Washington legislators debate what role the government should play in job creation this year, the government itself is poised to go on a major hiring spree this spring.