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A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:
Improved retail sales gave Wall Street a boost Monday but provided little hope for a robust holiday shopping season that might invigorate the economic recovery.
Japan's economy flexed more muscle than expected in the third quarter, as rekindled demand at home and abroad fueled its largest expansion in more than two years.
A weaker dollar may boost the nation's economy by increasing exports and narrowing the trade gap - but that won't happen anytime soon.
China is doing what it can to expand domestic demand and rebalance its economy, President Hu Jintao said Friday, calling for renewed efforts to improve international financial oversight to prevent future crises.
The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures Friday showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.
Asian economies must handle their monetary and currency policies carefully to avoid unleashing a wave of potentially destabilizing inflation, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Friday.
Capitalism is still alive and well, say the world's two richest men, despite lingering shocks from the longest, deepest recession since the Great Depression.
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:
With the sputtering job market flashing an encouraging sign - unemployment claims at their lowest point since January - the White House announced a summit Thursday to try to speed the day when hiring finally starts again.
Official figures show that the 16-country euro area has joined the United States and Japan out of recession after the bloc's economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter.
Australia reported Thursday an unexpected surge in jobs last month in the latest sign the country's economy was accelerating quicker than expected out of the global downturn.
A new poll shows Southerners are fretting about job loss and the economy and don't think the federal government is doing enough to address either.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher says Texas' economy is hurting, but not as much as other states.
Stubbornly high joblessness threatens to trigger loan defaults and drag on consumption next year, hobbling a U.S. economy struggling to rebound from recession, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Wednesday.
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