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Opinion: The Economy Isn't as Bad as You Think

(July 2) -- Turn on the financial stations, in fact turn on almost any news channel, and when the topic gets to the economy, it's enough to make almost everyone turn away. Doom and gloom is pretty much all you'll get. And no wonder. The stock market is down almost 15 percent since late April. Ten-year Treasury notes are...

Hope Sinks: The Emotional Toll of Unemployment

(Feb. 23) -- More Americans are giving up hope they can find full-time work amid the persistently ailing U.S. jobs market, and that spells trouble for the very economic recovery that could help them. Three surveys out Tuesday show consumer sentiment is down starkly from just a month ago thanks to job worries and...

How Job Shortage Is Holding Back Economy

(Nov. 24) -- We know what the economy did last summer, and it wasn't that great. Though Americans were producing more goods and services than during the recession, new numbers from the government show a slower pace of growth than previously thought and suggest the dour job market could block a quicker revival. The...

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07/23/11 Is Brazil's consumer-spending boom a bubble? Source: Arab News - Saudi Arabia Most see a gentle easing of demand as consumers have their wings clipped by the central bank's five interest rate hikes so far this year â including Wednesday's rise that brought the benchmark rate to 12.5 percentâ and government steps to curb credit that has been growing at an annual pace of around 20 percent.
06/27/11 Forex News â Volatile Markets Source: FXStreet.com Greece's debt saga continues to cause nervousness among the marketparticipants for another week.
04/30/11 Hiring likely to boost consumerspending Source: The Sun Herald - Biloxi MS People made more money and spent more money in March, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
02/15/11 Retail Sales Edge Higher, Retail Stocks Are Mostly... Source: MarketBeat - The Wall Street Journal The retail sales number this morning came in positive â up 0.3% â but there's a bit of teeth gnashing behind the headline.
01/09/11 Slow cash transactions in high-shopping season Source: Jamaica Gleaner Reflective of the dampened shopping season, transactions through the MultiLink system rose in December, but by a marginal four per cent, slower than the pace of previous years.