A Fresh Approach To Measuring The Economy These days it's hard to go more than a few hours without hearing some economic figure. Foreclosures, housing starts, retail sales — the list goes on. But it turns out that measuring subway passengers, Broadway ticket sales, or even the average price of 04-13-2010 by eddiethomas Tags approach, economy, fresh, measuring
Fed signals optimism over US economy The US central bank has given a slightly more upbeat outlook on the US economic recovery, saying that the labour market is “stabilising” and business spending on equipment has “risen significantly” 03-16-2010 by eddiethomas Tags economy, optimism, over
Beige Book: Economy Improving U.S. economic conditions kept improving slightly at the start of 2010, but the blizzards that hit the East Coast hurt several areas, the Fed said in its beige book report. 03-04-2010 by earlcrest Tags beige, book, economy, improving
Rebuilding a shattered economy As Haiti continues to dig out from the earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince, local microlenders are gearing up to begin rebuilding the country's shattered economy. 02-15-2010 by ronniemonroe Tags economy, shattered