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The European Commission on Tuesday predicted that the EU and eurozone will grow in 2010 at a modest rate of 0.7 percent as the economy moves from a sharp recession to a hesitant and fragile recovery.
A Maine economist is giving a good news-bad news report to state lawmakers.
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Monday:
Holiday shoppers could be in a bah-humbug kind of mood this year, according to a survey of business leaders and managers in nine Midwest and Plains states released Monday.
Orders to U.S. factories rebounded in September, helped by strength in autos, heavy machinery and military aircraft.
Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney says the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.
U.K. manufacturers are increasingly optimistic about the recovery of the British economy, which is still mired in recession, a survey showed Monday.
Economists expect growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up in October as the economy improved and demand from overseas increased, welcome signs for the fledgling recovery.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now are economic growth and job creation.
President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news "does not mean there won't be difficult days ahead."
Flat incomes suggest more weakness ahead in consumer spending, reinforcing concerns about a ho-hum holiday shopping season and a sluggish economic recovery.
Europe may join the United States in leaving recession when growth figures come out next month - but lackluster jobs and inflation data released Friday strongly suggest the continent's hoped-for recovery will be slow and fragile.
Japan's unemployment rate fell for the second straight month as companies gained more confidence in the stimulus-fueled global recovery but prices continued to tumble, underscoring weak demand at home.
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:
Consumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months, reflecting the end of the government's Cash for Clunkers auto sales program. Incomes, the fuel for future spending, were flat.
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