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Bourses fight back from session lows
(FT.com) Yahoo US Economy | 665 days 10 hours 24 minutes agoFT.com - Earnings momentum lifted European equity markets from early weakness, helping offset the effects of falling Wall Street indices after further evidence of a slowing US economy. More Info... |
Manufacturing sector growth slows in October
(Reuters) Yahoo US Economy | 666 days 6 hours 30 minutes ago Reuters - Growth in U.S. factory activity fell
to its lowest in more than three years in October, a survey
showed on Wednesday, in another sign of a slowing economy that
could prompt an interest rate cut next year.
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Treasury says it will borrow $32 billion
(AP) Yahoo US Economy | 666 days 8 hours 2 minutes agoAP - The government will raise $32 billion next week as part of a total of $63 billion in borrowing planned for the final three months of this year, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday. More Info... |
Halloween brings more US data to spook markets
(FT.com) Yahoo US Economy | 667 days 3 hours 55 minutes agoFT.com - Here we go again. On Tuesday, disappointing data from the US spooked world markets, appropriately enough on Halloween. Once more, the betting is that the US economy is set for a sharp downturn. Graphs of the dollar against the main alternative currencies, and of Treasury bond yields, all show the trajectory of a jet heading for a hard landing. More Info... |
Midwest industry growth, confidence ebb
(Reuters) Yahoo US Economy | 667 days 5 hours 33 minutes ago Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence and growth in
business activity in the Midwest ebbed in October, economic
data showed on Tuesday, spurring market expectations the
Federal Reserve could trim interest rates next year to bolster
growth.
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Consumer confidence edges down in Oct.
(AP) Yahoo US Economy | 667 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago AP - Consumers' confidence in the economy weakened a bit in October, as job worries offset the benefits from falling gasoline prices, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.
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Q3 employment costs up 1.0 percent
(Reuters) Yahoo US Economy | 667 days 8 hours 31 minutes agoReuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. employment costs rose a
bigger-than-expected 1.0 percent in the third quarter, the
largest increase in more than two years, as wages, salaries and
benefits advanced during the quarter, a government report
showed on Tuesday. More Info... |
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