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Ben S. Bernanke laid the groundwork for a third round of large-scale asset purchases should unemployment remain higher than the Federal Reserve would like while […]

Australian retail sales unexpectedly stalled in November, ending four months of gains and pushing the nation

Stocks and the euro fell Wednesday as worries about Europe hang over financial markets. Energy companies fell hard as the price of crude oil plunged […]

Signs of future growth in the U.S. economy and a drop in borrowing costs for embattled European countries pushed stocks higher in morning trading Friday.
The […]

The Treasury Department is seeking to borrow $305 billion in the current quarter through December and announced plans to borrow $541 billion in the first […]

The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide whether to insert themselves into the center of […]

Capping a campaign trip for his economic plan and his re-election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to keep pressure on Congress to consider his […]

Consumers are paying more for pasta after heavy spring rain and record flooding prevented planting on more than 1 million acres in one of the […]

A new survey says salaried U.S. workers can expect another year of modest raises in 2012.
After increasing salaries by 2.6 percent this year and last […]

Moody’s Investors Service says the United States should be able to keep its triple-A credit rating as long as Washington works out a deal that […]