HOUSEHOLDS ARE BORROWING MORE TO FUEL SPENDING WELLS FARGO SAYS

It's also significantly more burdensome for lower income households, the analysts said... READ MORE›

'BECAUSE I HAVE TO'

Hours after Trump signed the tax law, Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Ian Read wrote to about 100,000 employees and contractors... READ MORE›

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DON'T BUY THE LIE THAT OBAMA'S LEAVING BEHIND A HEALTHY ECONOMY

Obama's gift to Trump is the headline on CNN... READ MORE›

DAVID CAMERON WARNS OF LOOMING SECOND GLOBAL CRASH

A European Central Bank ECB survey showed that inflation would remain at worryingly low levels before picking up slightly next year... READ MORE›

COMPARING GREECE TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION

It sounds a lot like the Great Depression in the United States... READ MORE›

THE WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER IS COLLAPSING AND THIS TIME THERE SEEMS NO WAY OUT

The IMF is profoundly concerned, warning at last week's annual meeting in Peru of 3tn ?1.95tn of excess credit globally and weakening global economic growth... READ MORE›

GLOBAL ECONOMY WARNING LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, SAYS PM

Related Stories Red warning lights are once again flashing over the state of the global economy, the prime minister has said... READ MORE›

AMERICANS HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RAISE IN 16 YEARS

Americans are angry because they don't care about the statistical noise -- they care about what they see with their own eyes... READ MORE›

Despite the weirdness of Campbell Newman running for premier from outside the parliament in 2012, his government began its work in a familiar, austerian manner... READ MORE›

EGYPTIAN POLICE ARREST SCORES OF ANTI-SISI PROTESTERS

Political uncertainty, macroeconomic instability and global economic turmoil since the 2008 crisis have all contributed to Egypt's prolonged recession, soaring unemployment and foreign currency shortages... READ MORE›

THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA'S 'PRETTY DARN GREAT' ECONOMY

And Obama would be crawling through the northern suburbs of Richmond, Va... READ MORE›

US FED ENDS QE STIMULUS PROGRAMME

The targets for inflation and reduction in unemployment were on track, the Fed said in a statement... READ MORE›

PAYROLLS IN U.S. RISE 156,000 AS MORE AMERICANS SEEK WORK

The jobless rate rose to 5 percent as the labor participation rate ticked up to a six-month high... READ MORE›

WHY ARE SO MANY MEN NOT WORKING? THEY'RE IN PAIN

Stopping the decadeslong slide in labor force participation should be a national priority, economist Alan Krueger says... READ MORE›

EUROPE WILL FIND WAY TO KEEP BRITAIN IN EU SAYS GERMAN MINISTER

"The size of the economy's decline was a big shock to Abe and the Liberal Democratic Party," said Katsuyuki Yakushiji, a professor of politics at Toyo University in Tokyo... READ MORE›

DOW UP 350 STOCKS SURGE AS HIKE SEEMSSET

The November jobs report has apparently sealed the deal for a Fed interest rate hike later this month... READ MORE›

FED MINUTES POINT TO RATE HIKE 'RELATIVELY SOON'

Kansas City Fed President Esther George, Cleveland's Loretta Mester and Eric Rosengren of Boston dissented at the meeting in favor of higher rates... READ MORE›

I TOLD YOU SO OBAMA RIGHT AND EUROPE WRONG ABOUT WAY OUT OF GREAT RECESSION

A recent presentation by Peter Praet, the ECB's chief economist, illustrated just how badly the eurozone has performed since the financial crisis... READ MORE›

TEN GOOD PIECES OF ECONOMIC DATA FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD

It's been a big week for bullish economic data across the globe, from South Korean exports to European manufacturing figures... READ MORE›

OBAMA HELPED BRING BACK ECONOMY, RESTLESS VOTERS CHOSE TRUMP

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's first job as president Piece together the shards of a shattered U.S. economy... READ MORE›

WHAT'S HOLDING BACK THE WORLD ECONOMY?

Neither monetary policy nor the financial sector is doing what it's supposed to do... READ MORE›

AMAZON'S PLANS TO CUT FOOD PRICES WILL BE A HEADACHE FOR THE FED

A low unemployment rate is supposed to boost inflation, or so the economic theory goes... READ MORE›

PAYROLL SURGE: EMPLOYERS ADDED 292,000 JOBS IN DEC.

At the same time, measures of manufacturing employment, online job ads and auto sales declined last month, leading some analysts to predict that job growth slowed... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S DILEMMA: SLOWER JOB GROWTH OR RISING RATES AND INFLATION?

In general, the lower the unemployment rate, the slower the pace of job growth the economy can sustain without pushing up wages and prices too quickly... READ MORE›

FULL EMPLOYMENT MAY BE REDEFINED AS TRUMP ATTACKS U.S. BENCHMARK

While the unemployment rate stayed near its recent low in December, some further strengthening is expected in labor conditions... READ MORE›

IN NEW FISCAL PLAN CHINA BETS IT CAN AVOID HARD CHOICES

Continued economic growth of at least 6.5 percent can be achieved in 2016, and a similar rate is foreseeable until 2020, he said... READ MORE›

ECONOMIC WOES CREATE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

Its unemployment rate is low and youth unemployment is the lowest in EU... READ MORE›

FED MINUTES SUGGEST YELLEN MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN 'CLOSE CALL'

An opposing group argued that more slack remains for the labor market outside the official measure of unemployment... READ MORE›

Bad loans are on the rise and banks expect more to go sour as the economy slows... READ MORE›

U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS, WAGES DATA POINT TO TIGHTENING MARKET

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 278,000 for the week ended Nov... READ MORE›

THE WORLD HAS GLIMPSED FINANCIAL CRISIS BUT IS THE WORST TO COME

Oil rig workers in the North Sea also face an uncertain future as other oil producers refuse to blink and continue feeding the global glut... READ MORE›

NERVY GLOBAL INVESTORS REVISIT 1930S PLAYBOOK

Morgan Stanley goes on to draw a parallel with the global response to 2008's crash and subsequent world recession... READ MORE›