Poverty and joblessness hit US consumer spending

The official poverty rate hit 15.1% in 2010, compared with 14.3% a year earlier, as an additional...

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Slower growth will remain above trend in Uruguay

GDP expanded by 0.5% quarter-on-quarter and 4.8% year-on-year in the second quarter, down from...

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Controversial regulations have come into effect that change the rules of the game for insurance...

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Germany appears to have edged closer to a double-dip recession this summer, according to data...

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On August 24 Moody's lowered from stable to negative its outlook for the Argentine banking...

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Sharp gyrations in US equity markets, and plunging high frequency measures of consumer and...

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The US Federal Reserve's most recent programme of asset purchases expired in June. A stalled US...

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Despite pressure from higher inflation and policy tightening, emerging markets are still...

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The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) recently complained about the hurdles its members face...

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The Netherlands is the first country in the EU, and the second in the world after Chile, to pass...

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