Recession

The Week's Top 10 Videos On MarketWatch

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… Detroit. Videographer Stephen McGee captured the event on tape. Watch Video Report. Grape glut could benefit consumers The recession is hitting grape farmers hard in California wine country, where the spot market for grapes has virtually disappeared. That …

Story|11/07/2009

MarketWatch's Top Stories Of The Week, Nov. 2-6

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… pounds ($41 billion), boosting its massive and extraordinary monetary stimulus program as it attempts to see off a deep recession . The central bank, as expected, also voted to hold its key lending rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5%, where it …

Story|11/06/2009

FOXBusiness.com's Week in Review: Nov. 2-6, 2009

By Erik Berte and Julia Limitone| FOXBusiness| Markets

… Buffett on Economy, Health Care Wilder: Need Leadership in Recession Wilder: Politics = Money Wednesday The FOMC decided to keep the ..... Home Goldman Sachs to Buy Low Income Tax Credits Google CEO: Recession is Behind Us Google CEO on Future of Technology Friday Friday …

Story|11/06/2009

Winners & Losers in Fight Against the Flu

By Kathryn Glass| FOXBusiness| Markets

… the past year, as companies and consumers grappled with the recession and avoided international travel. In June, Giovanni Bisignani ..... York had already seen business travel slow as a result of the recession , and declines in business travel coupled with pandemic fears …

Story|11/06/2009

In English, Please: Behind Friday's Employment Report

By Mark Lieberman, Senior Economist| FOXBusiness| Markets

… keeping began in 1948; in the 1981-82 recession payrolls contracted for 17 straight months ..... participation rate – 66.1% when the recession began – was 65.1. Without the drop in the labor force over the course of the recession , amounting to 2.3 million workers …

Story|11/06/2009

Obama Focusing Every Day On Job Creation: Romer

By Robert Schroeder| MarketWatch Pulse| Other Stories

… Chair Christina Romer said Friday on CNBC. Romer said the latest unemployment figures are a reminder of the severity of the recession and that the administration is considering more measures to stimulate the economy. Obama will sign an extension of unemployment …

Story|11/06/2009

Jobless Rate Jumps To 10.2%

By Ken Sweet| FOXBusiness| Other Stories

… Ken Sweet FOXBusiness This historic recession has now pushed the U.S. economy to an unemployment rate above ..... traditionally the unemployment rate continues to rise after a recession is declared over, it is considered a psychological blow to …

Story|11/06/2009

Oil Slips Back Under $80

Reuters| Markets

… durability of a government stimulus-driven recovery that began in the third quarter and probably ended the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s. A higher-than-expected jobless rate or a bigger loss of jobs than forecast could rattle investors on …

Story|11/06/2009

Markets Undaunted by Jobs Data

By Ken Sweet| FOXBusiness| Markets

… has both Wall Street and government officials worried. While technically a unemployment rate will continue to rise after a recession ends because of how the measure is calculated, unemployment is the number that Main Street and Washington watch more closely …

Story|11/06/2009

'Non-Stimulus' Package Will Pump an Estimated $46B Into Economy

By Peter Barnes, Senior Washington Correspondent| FOXBusiness| Markets

… rate hitting 10% for the first time since 1982, even as the recession appears to be ending. Last week, the government estimated ..... quarter, but renewed job creation typically lags the end of a recession by several months. The administration has resisted calling …

Story|11/05/2009