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Obama urges China to cut currency link

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.

Greek leader seeks U.S. help

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.

Greek crisis poses challenge to euro

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.

Unemployment rate stays at 9.7%; 36K jobs cut

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.

American reliance on government at all-time high

Monday, March 1, 2010

The so-called "Great Recession" has left Americans depending on the government dole like never before.

Bernanke delivers blunt warning on U.S. debt

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.

Induced inflation feared as way to cut debt

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.

Greek woes hit markets around the world

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.

Census hiring set to boost job gains

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.