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Finance History 2011-05-17 (17 May 2011 ) |
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| Finance ministers sought to bolster confidence in the International Monetary Fund as they began discussing a successor to Managing Director Dominique Strauss- Kahn , who was jailed on charges including attempted rape. | |
| Finance ministers sought to bolster confidence in the International Monetary Fund as they began discussing a successor to Managing Director Dominique Strauss- Kahn, who was jailed on charges including attempted rape. | |
| Euro zone finance ministers are likely to back a bailout package for Portugal on Monday, with new conditions set by Finland. | |
| Euro zone finance ministers approved a 78 billion euro ($110 billion) bailout for Portugal but as a condition of the deal insisted that Lisbon ask private bondholders to maintain their exposure to its debt. | |
| European Union finance ministers cleared the way for Portugal to receive 78 billion euros ($111 billion) in aid, making it the third euro-area country to fall back on official loans. | |
| - EU finance ministers and officials met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the financial situation in Europe. | |
| European Union finance ministers cleared the way for Portugal to receive 78 billion euros ($111 billion) in aid, making it the third euro-area country to fall back on official loans. | |
| European Union finance ministers cleared the way for Portugal to receive 78 billion euros ($111 billion) in aid, making it the third euro-area country to fall back on official loans. | |
| The IMF chief has been one of the most respected financial voices arguing in favor of rescuing debt-burdened European nations. Now Strauss-Kahn is being held in New York on sexual assault charges, and his absence in Brussels is glaring. Of all the voices arguing in favor of rescuing European nations submerged in debt, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's has been one of the strongest and most respected. | |
| European finance ministers will huddle Monday for discussions certain to centre on a second Greek bailout, while anointing an Italian to head the pivotal European Central Bank. |
Economic History|
| . factory output slipped for the first time in 10 months in April as a shortage of parts from Japan crimped activity and home building slumped, showing the economy got off to a weak start in the second quarter. | |
| For homebuilders, it hardly feels like an economic recovery. Nearly two years after the recession ended, the pace of construction is inching along at less than half the level considered healthy. Single-family home building, the bulk of the market, has dropped 11 percent in that time. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ------ LONDON -- The global financial community was abuzz with speculation about who would eventually replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund. | |
| Russia?s economic growth slowed in the first quarter as corporate investment stagnated and the biggest quarterly gain in oil prices for two years failed to offset $ billion of capital outflows. | |
| Oil fell again Tuesday after disappointing reports on factory production and new home construction raised more concerns about the economic recovery and future demand. The dollar fell against other currencies as well, which helped crude regain some losses. | |
| ?We found the actual economic statistics about the region are more favorable than many people understood,? said Team NEO CEO Thomas A. Waltermire. | |
| The Nation -- For more than two years, Jared Bernstein was Joe Biden?s chief economic adviser and the sole progressive economist on President Obama?s economic team. He stepped down in April to work for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and just yesterday launched a blog, which will be a must-read for analysis of these turbulent economic times. | |
| Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday in choppy trading as weak economic data fueled concerns about demand that have contributed to crude's 15 percent decline so far in May. | |
| Economic sentiment in Germany weakened for the third consecutive month in May on expectations that any further improvement in activity is unlikely amid rising inflationary pressures. | |
| ? Those temporary Economic Action Plan signs promoting federal stimulus projects have proved so popular with Conservative cabinet ministers that some want to make them permanent. |
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