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Coronavirus unleashing new wave of U.S. layoffsIn a separate report on Thursday, the Commerce Department said gross domestic product contracted at a 5.0% annualized rate in the first qua...- US to keep industry buzzing with auto bailoutsThe rescue of US auto icons General Motors and Chrysler signals a new focus in Washington on preserving a manufacturing sector seen as crit...
- Job losses as GM, Chrysler close dealershipsMoves by ailing carmakers Chrysler and General Motors to slash their US dealerships will cost tens of thousands of jobs, taking a heavier t...
- US consumer spending falls along with incomeUS consumer spending dropped 0.2 per cent in March after two monthly increases, as American income levels fell, government data showed on T...
- US economy shrank 6.1% in first quarterThe US economy plunged again in the first quarter, capping its worst performance in five decades, reflecting a record slump in inventories ...
- Americans tightening belts at wrong time?A deepening US recession is forcing spendthrift-Americans to save but adopting the new habit at the current stage of a sharp economic downt...
- US jobs losses underline Obama's challengesThe first data released Wednesday after the victory of Barack Obama point to the huge economic challenges facing the US president-elect, wi...
- US recession fears grow despite stepped-up rescue effortThe extraordinary efforts by Washington and other governments to stem a financial market crisis appear to be helping confidence but will no...
- US government 'bazooka' may save Fannie, FreddieThe mortgage finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which underpin trillions of dollars in mortgages are facing a crisis that could forc...
- Dollar touches six-month high against euroThe dollar briefly hit a six-month peak against the euro Tuesday as the market mulled the latest evidence of slowing economic growth in Eur...
- US new home sales slip in June, but beat forecastsNew US home sales ticked down in June, government data showed Friday, but the better-than-expected figures sparked a glint of hope that the...
- Summer subprime crisis roiled markets and squeezed creditA year after a summer subprime crisis roiled markets and squeezed credit worldwide.
- Another long hot subprime summer? Signs are mixedA year after a summer subprime crisis roiled markets and squeezed credit worldwide, analysts are looking for signs the worst is over for th...
- US economists eye history for solutions to crisisAs the US economy stumbles, experts are looking at past crises in an effort to better understand the current predicament and find a way to ...
- US retail sales drop 0.4% in DecFrugal American shoppers cut back on their spending at the nation’s retailers by 0.4% in December, the most in six months, in a gloomy repo...
- Wall Street hedges bets on presidential hopefulsFinancial advisors say many Wall Street money managers are still hedging their bets on this year's presidential race, partly because the fr...
- Divided Fed eyes further rate cut as insurance against slumpA sharply divided Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates further at a policy meeting on Tuesday to provide insurance agai...
- US subprime aid plan to ease housing slump, but at a priceThe mortgage relief package is likely to ease the pain of the US housing slump but with an uncertain cost for markets and the financial sys...
- US economy jumps 3.9% despite housing, credit woesThe US economy grew by a robust 3.9 per cent in the third quarter despite tight credit that is deepening a housing slump, as consumers rega...
- Holiday outlook bleak as Americans see more economic troublesAmid expectations of falling home prices, foreclosures, job cuts and concerns about toy safety, Americans are girding for their gloomiest h...
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