Global economy loses strength as oil costs, debt woes take toll
Monterey County Herald
By SIMON KENNEDY LONDON — The world economy is losing strength halfway through the year as high oil prices and fallout from Japan's natural disaster and Europe's debt woes take their toll. Goldman Sachs now expects global economic growth of 4.3 ...
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Employers Probably Hired Fewer Workers in Latest Sign US Economy Slowing
Bloomberg
Faster progress in the job market is needed to help consumers weather the increase in energy prices and lift spending, which accounts for 70 percent of the economy. At the same time, supply disruptions from Japan are restraining manufacturing, ...
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Romney bets his candidacy on the economy
Washington Post
They believe that the economy will decide the outcome of the election and that the president has yet to convince voters that his economic policies have worked. They argue that Romney's long experience in the private sector — his tenure as an elected ...
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Housing still the top threat to economy
Philadelphia Inquirer
It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects as long as housing prices are falling. A house is most families' most important asset, and the crash has cost the typical American homeowner nearly $85000 in housing wealth. ...
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EYE ON THE PIE: Is Indiana's economy healthy?
nwitimes.com
That's impressive, but not indicative of a healthy economy. Usually when an unemployed person gets a job, the number of people unemployed goes down and the number employed goes up. That's a healthy economy. In Indiana, since February 2009, ...
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Obama Says US, Poland Will Cooperate on Economy, Energy
Bloomberg
"Poland's economy was the only economy in the EU not to fall into recession during the economic crisis and has enormous potential for economic growth." Obama returns home today after a six-day European trip and will hit the road again tomorrow to visit ...
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Higher education key to economy
Monroe News Star
Check the math: If $350 million has been removed from higher education, $2.8 billion has been stripped from Louisiana's economy. Gov. Bobby Jindal and his merry band of legislators are to blame. Jindal enthusiastically cut higher education the past two ...
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US Hails Auto Industry in Economy's Comeback
Voice of America
Photo: AP The Obama administration says the resurgence of the automobile industry is a sign the economy is making great strides. During its weekly address Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden said Chrysler Corporation repaid the taxpayer's bailout six ...
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