Economy

Americans pay down debt

Since the financial crisis, U.S. households have reduced their outstanding debt by about $1.3 trillion, reports the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Read: Boomers risk straining finances to support adult children This includes a reduction in mortgages and credit card debt. In fact, credit card debt fell $1.7 billion to $846 billion from February to […]

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |May 10, 2013

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Government delivers 36,000 student jobs

The government has created 36,000 new student jobs.

By Staff |May 10, 2013

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Frontier economies offer opportunities

Larger emerging markets have underperformed lately, but frontier and smaller developing economies can still offer returns.

By Dean DiSpalatro |May 10, 2013

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Global markets are a distorted mess: Panel

The global economy is being run very poorly, says experts. Things are so bad that portfolio managers will need to build bomb shelters to keep assets safe.

By Vikram Barhat |May 9, 2013

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