Quoted sections below from Insight: Evidence suggests anti-foreclosure laws may backfire | Reuters. State and federal laws enacted to protect homeowners from eviction in the wake…
India’s central bank defied widespread calls on Monday to revive the flagging economy with cuts in interest rates and cash reserve minimums at banks, putting…
The head of the European Central Bank said Friday that central banks were ready to step in to address any financial market turmoil that might…
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell sharply to 74.1 in early June from its final-May reading of 79.3 and an early-May reading…
Manufacturing in the New York region expanded in June at the slowest pace in seven months as orders and sales cooled. The Federal Reserve Bank…
New preface to Charles Kindleberger, The World in Depression 1929-1939 J. Bradford DeLong Barry Eichengreen 12 June 2012 Charles Kindleberger’s classic book on the Great Depression…
Once upon a time (today), in a land not so far away (USA), there lived a trio of economic wizards (economists), whose names shall remain…
By Louise Armitstead Italy must make more progress with its financial reforms to avoid being targeted by traders looking for the “next in line” for…
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits fell by 12,000 last week to 377,000, the U.S. Labor Department said…
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — The Bank of England left its bond-buying program on hold Thursday in the face of weakening economic data. As expected, the bank’s…
