Text: The Chinese market has been sensing a reversal in the economic downtrend for a while and that’s now being confirmed by the latest economic data. Who would have thought the local Chinese stock market will turn out to be the canary in the coal mine for the global economy? Until 2005, when a series of reforms were introduced to clean up the system, the Shanghai stock...
OECD economies look to weak recovery
Business Report
Business Report
The slowdown in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) economies is reaching the bottom after the deepest decline in more than 60 years, says the grouping's latest Economic Outlook. But it...
Analysts: Economy to expand weakly, but growth may not last
Fresno Bee
Fresno Bee
- McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- Here's where things stand with the longest recession since the Great Depression: The good news is that economists are revising forecasts, expecting an imminent return to growth. The...
Fed Keeps Rates On Hold, Citing the Weak US Economy
CNBC
CNBC
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held monetary policy steady and said the U.S. economic recession was easing, as it signaled its worries over a possible troubling downward spiral in prices were fading. Mary...
New Brunswick Economy Buffered by Strong Capital Investment - BMO
Canada Newswire
Canada Newswire
FREDERICTON, June 25 /CNW/ - Although the New Brunswick economy faces weakness on the commodity price and export fronts, still-strong capital investment has buffered the downturn, according to the Provincial Outlook...
Nova Scotia Economy to Rebound Next Year - BMO
Canada Newswire
Canada Newswire
HALIFAX, June 25 /CNW/ - While the Nova Scotia economy has fared relatively well during this downturn thanks to robust non-residential construction activity, weak manufacturing and export sectors will pull down real GDP...
US economy shrank at 5.5% in 1st quarter
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US economy contracted at a 5.5 percent pace in the first quarter, not as bad as the previous estimate of a 5.7 percent drop, the government reported Thursday. The Commerce Department's...
Sonoma County's economy to worsen before improving
The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat
We will see things get worse before it gets better, said economist Steve Cochrane, who Thursday morning presented the...
Providence-area economy is among nation’s weakest
The Providence Journal
The Providence Journal
The economy of the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford metropolitan area was among the 20 weakest performing in the nation as of March 31, according to a study issued on Wednesday by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit...

