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Finance History 2010-10-12 (12 October 2010 ) |
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| The Harper government is vowing to wipe out the federal deficit by 2016?the first time the Conservatives have committed to a date for balancing the books since the financial crisis plunged the world into recession. | |
| Top finance officials will focus on poverty eradication, economic development and aid effectiveness on Saturday in talks that are part of the annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings. | |
| Leaders of the world economy failed to narrow differences over currencies as they turned to the International Monetary Fund to calm frictions that are already sparking protectionism. | |
| Global finance leaders failed Saturday to resolve deep differences that threaten the outbreak of a full-blown currency war. | |
| As new rules governing derivatives transactions loom, energy companies and investors worry that they will find themselves unwittingly hurt by measures designed to curtail excessive risk-taking by financial institutions. | |
| New Delhi, Oct 12 : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that development of adequate and quality infrastructure was a major priority for the government to achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth and make India a globally competitive economy. | |
| The Finance Ministry will today seek the Cabinet's endorsement for a package of relief measures to aid export-oriented SMEs, with the focus on hedging and financial assistance. | |
| HOUSING finance approvals in Australia rose for a second month in a row in August, bolstered by a pause in interest rate increases. | |
| The Finance Guy takes a look at an informational brochure about equity indexed annuities and finds out what it's all about. | |
| Amanpour Interviews Christine Lagarde in a 'This Week' Exclusive |
Economic History|
| Earnings season could steal some of the attention away from the economy, but a busy week of data will still be very closely watched. A growing number of economists feel that the FOMC will indeed enter a second round of quantitative easing at their November meeting. This was further substantiated when the September employment report was worse than expected. The fact that easing is on the way has ... | |
| British economic activity slowed sharply in the third quarter, the British Chambers of Commerce said today, reiterating its call for the Bank of England to inject more stimulus to protect the recovery from budget spending cuts. | |
| A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ------ BEIJING -- China has told its biggest banks to increase reserves in a new move to control lending, news reports said, as Beijing tries to cool inflation and housing prices without derailing its recovery from the global slump. | |
| Consumer confidence hit a five-month high in early October and the six-month outlook shot up ahead of next month's midterm elections, according to the IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index on Tuesday. | |
| WASHINGTON -- Top forecasters say the economy will grow this year and next at a slower pace than previously thought, weakened by governments and consumers spending less so they can pay down debt. That's the finding of a new survey the National Association of Business Economics released Monday. | |
| I don?t really think the CALED economic development report toldus anything we didn?t already know. It reminded me of when we werekids and our parents told us not to play with matches and we neverlistened, until an unrelated adult told us the same thing and thenwe paid attention. | |
| Top forecasters say the economy will grow this year and next at a slower pace than previously thought, weakened by governments and consumers spending less so they can pay down debt. | |
| By ANTHONY HALL United Press International Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. tried very hard not to eat crow Monday, explaining that the Nobel Prize is not a gimme for Federal Reserve Board candidates. | |
| Peter Diamond's nomination to the powerful US Federal Reserve board was stymied this year by a lone Republican lawmaker, but the longtime MIT professor has had the last laugh -- by winning the 2010 Nobel prize for economics. | |
| Two in three independents currently say the economy is "getting worse," matching their highest pessimism of the year. Gallup's Economic Confidence Index, at -33 in September, remains at its lowest level of 2010. But early October ratings may provide a ray of hope. |
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