Where is the American Economy going?

And the economy has showed some signs it was on the 1) mend. New 2) claims for 3) unemployment benefits dropped 4) unexpectedly last week although they do remain at high levels, and 5) analysts expect

NPR 2010-06-28

World leaders meeting in Toronto appear to have reached consensus on the importance of cutting government deficits. As NPR's Jim Zarroli reports they pledge today to reduce deficits in half by 2013. The leaders are meeting at a time when the global e

NPR 2009-07-19

President Obama is trying to build public support for his plan to overhaul the nations health care system to help counter the concerns being expressed by some lawmakers including a number of Democrats about how to pay for the proposal. Mr Obama says

CNN 2009-02-05

Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta. I am Reggie Aqui. Here is what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We are gonna start with the president who wants to set a $500,000 pay cap for executives at companies that got some bailout money. New rules are

NPR 2009-07-03

The news the economy lost another 467, 000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 9.5% drew comments from President Obama today. Speaking at the White House Rose Garden, the president said he understands why people are deeply concerned th

IMF:结构改革是增长的关键

Speaking at the week-long 2016 Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Zhu Min said, that policy makers and economists have come to a consensus that structural reform should be put at the top of the agenda. Because mone

IMF: World Economy Entering 'Dangerous New Phase'

The International Monetary Fund says the U.S. economy is struggling to overcome sluggish growth due to an unresolved government debt crisis and weaknesses in the housing market and household finances. In a report released Tuesday, the IMF downgraded

U.S. stocks achieve weekly gains

NEW YORK, March 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, the sixth gain in the past seven sessions, as more evidences in domestic(国内的) economic recovery offset uncertainties from overseas. The Dow Jones industrial average（道琼斯指数）

美联储计划或主导G20峰会

MOSCOW, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Sluggish growth and spillovers of the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to scale back its economic stimulus are expected to feature prominently in discussions at the upcoming leaders' summit of Group of 20 or G20, said Russian o

G20会议提振经济信心

As part of a joint declaration issued after the sessions, the Finance Ministers and Central Bankers have agreed that stimulus measures will continue to be needed to try to spur growth. All have agreed that the global economy needs to look beyond ultr

脱欧后英国经济急剧下降 这么作你们悔了吗

Britain's decision to leave the EU has led to a dramatic deterioration in economic activity, not seen since the aftermath of the financial crisis. 英国脱欧已导致经济活动急剧恶化，其严重程度为金融危机余波以来之最。 Dat

IMF says US economic recovery still policy driven

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to a massive（巨大的） and sustained（持久的） policy response, the U.S. economy has continued to recover from the worst recession（衰退,不景气） since the Great Depression, but the recovery rem

英闻天下——90 Abe's New Challenges

Japan's new foreign minister, Fumio Kishida is on his visit for three Southeast Asian countries - the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, and Australia as his first overseas tour. Analysts say Japan's second-time Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing a for

经济学人:欧元区经济:保持信心(3)

Puzzlingly low core inflation is not solely a European problem. America has seen it too. 令人困惑的是，低迷的核心通货膨胀问题不仅仅存在于欧洲。美国也一样。 Indeed, the Federal Reserve's experience of tightening policy

经济学人202:找呀找呀找工作

Unemployment in the West 西方国家的失业情况 The quest for jobs 追逐工作 It is not impossible for politicians to reduce the Wests frighteningly high unemployment levels 对于政客们来说，降低西方国家令人为之恐惧的高失业

经济学人194:待重头收拾旧山河

The economys prospects 经济前景 Waiting for the earth to open 待重头收拾旧山河 The usual accelerators of recession are absentbut so are the brakes 经济不再像往常般加速下滑而是已经减速 Aug 27th 2011 | WASHINGTON, DC | fro

经济学人:川普当选总统 国际经济出现的乱象(中)

The larger budget deficits entailed by tax reform, along with more public spending on infrastructure, would underpin yields on long-term Treasury bonds. 因税收改革而造成的更大的预算赤字，连同更多的基础设施公共开支一起，

经济学人:贸易战争:谁是最后的赢家(3)

Officials could opt to abandon their tightening stance in order to counteract the trade turmoil. But that might erase the gains from the deleveraging. 官方可以选择放弃他们紧缩的立场以求缓和贸易混乱。但这么做会抹去来自于

U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

美国政府关门引发全球担忧

There are new worries about the consequences of the U.S. government shutdown. The Treasury Department says failure to reach a deal on the countrys financial obligations, including the debt ceiling, could plunge the U.S. economy into a recession. On T