Ex-Im Bank usually supported by members of both US political parties, but has come under attack recently by some of the most conservative Republicans
University of Michigan study finds more consumers think their financial situation will improve than at any time since 2007
Commerce Department report shows gross domestic product expanded at less than half of previous quarter
Experts expose truths, half-truths and falsehoods spoken by presidential contenders at Wednesday's third Republican debate
Federal Reserve says US unemployment remains low, but pace of job creation has slowed
Coalition of Democrats, Republicans in Congress vote to approve US Export-Import Bank, targeted for extinction by Republican conservatives
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says without authority to borrow more, US will have $30 billion daily in tax receipts to meet bills — half of what it needs
Two years after Shuanghui buys world’s largest pork producer, company is doing well financially and employment is growing
When a Chinese firm bought the world’s largest pork producer, critics worried about U.S. employment, food safety and other issues. Two years later, the Virginia-based company is doing well financially, and employment is growing. Jim Randle has more.
Thursday's decision reflects worries that the global economy is weakening
Researcher says Germany and some other European nations have aging populations and need renewed workforce to continue economic growth
Emerging market currencies have been hurt by soaring dollar, falling commodity prices, and worries about slowing global economic growth
Investors, traders try to parse what has been happening - and attempt to guess future direction and strength of markets, and overall economy
Some investors say China's wild stock market gyrations have been made worse by worries about the reliability of that nation's economic data. And some critics say the reports can mislead investors by painting an unrealistically-strong picture of the economy. A key China scholar says Beijing is not fudging ((manipulating)) the numbers, but that the economy is evolving quickly from smoke-stack industries to services, and the ways of tracking new economic activity are falling behind the change. V
Some economists doubt official growth figures because other data, such as passenger travel and electric power generation, seem too low to be consistent with strong growth
Markets plummeted in Asia, Europe, US Monday as concern over China's faltering economic growth pushed down stock and oil prices around the world
Major US indexes fell two percent or more, Europe was off around three percent, key Asian indexes were also down
Wall Street and New York Stock Exchange appear stunned by Chinese government's move; number one on minds of traders, investors is devaluation
Improving job market, expected interest rate hikes have been strengthening US currency's value, while China's economy worries, rising crude supply hurts oil prices
But US Trade Representative Michael Froman says 12 nations involved have made significant progress and are more confident than ever deal is within reach
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