The U.S. dollar has been on a roll since talk of the Federal Reserve unwinding its aggressive monetary stimulus program gathered pace about a fortnight ago. Now, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke could give the ...

Austerity and Stimulus—Two Misfires

Italy Considers Job 'Handoffs' to Young

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Ireland: No Favors Offered To Firms

Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home. The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting on Wednesday ...

The following is a reformatted version of the full text of the statement released today by the Bank of Japan in Tokyo.

TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Wednesday decided to keep monetary policy on hold, but one board member tried unsuccessfully to loosen the central bank's commitment to achieving its 2 percent ...

The international austerity soap opera rolls on in the United Kingdom today (May 22), where the International Monetary Fund will critique (paywall) the government’s economic plans as growth-hindering. ...

The Bank of Japan affirmed a plan to double the monetary base over two years after a jump in bond yields highlighted risks associated with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign to revive the economy.

The Bank of Japan left its monetary policy unchanged on Wednesday, in line with market expectations, and/but xxxxx

Flag of France (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Over 8,000 French households paid taxes topping 100% of their incomes, according to French Finance Ministry data. Taxes on Some Wealthy French Top 100% of Income. You may scratch your head in disbelief. How is that possible? Stateside, you might guess it was the alternative minimum …

According to this expert the rally in gold seen over several years was based on a misunderstanding, which is only now getting cleared.

SHANGHAI, May 22 (Reuters) - China's four major banks issued new loans of 233 billion yuan ($37.98 billion) by May 21st, 21st Century Business Herald reported on Wednesday, citing industry sources, adding ...

Japan's exports rose less than expected in April from a year earlier due to weak demand from Europe and China, highlighting the challenges confronting the world's third-biggest economy as policymakers ...

Ireland: No Tax Favors For Firms

Japan's trade deficit widened to a larger-than-expected 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in April as its weakening currency accentuated surging import costs. Exports rose 3.8 percent from the same month ...

* $967 billion spending cap approved, lowest in a decade * Republicans shifting limited funds toward defense, security By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the ...

Gold and silver prices are down 25% and 30% year-to-date, respectively. What's going wrong?

Japan reports its trade deficit widened to a larger-than-expected 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in April as its weakening currency accentuated surging import costs. The preliminary figures reported ...

Japan’s exports missed estimates in April and the trade deficit swelled, highlighting weakness in global demand that may weigh on efforts to revive the world’s third-biggest economy.

Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S. Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions ...

Weak growth suggests that these three European ETFs might be ones to avoid over the next few months.

The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, ...

Fiscal stimulus appears to have won the intellectual argument among economists, but governments and voters still favor austerity.

MADRID, May 21 (Reuters) - Spain's former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar suggested on Tuesday he may seek to make a political comeback by mounting a challenge to his party mate and political heir Prime ...

European Union leaders are set to urge faster integration of the bloc’s power and natural-gas markets to lower energy prices as the U.S. shale-gas revolution widens the EU’s cost gap with its largest trading ...

The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually ...

May 21 (Reuters) - Massachusetts will sell $1.1 billion of new and refunding general obligation bonds on June 4, according to the state's website. On Tuesday, Moody's Investors Service assigned an Aa1 ...

Economic Expectations Continue To Clash With Reality

By Gary Regenstreif NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande's predicament is, oddly enough, akin to one Alice faced in Lewis Carroll's 19th century classic. A year after taking ...

___ JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of ...

By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through ...

Rising Asset Prices Sharpen U.S. Policy Challenge

Egypt's president signed a new tax law Tuesday that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians in the latest move aimed at reforming the country's economy. The changes, which are more favorable than the ...

Ireland is refusing to take blame for tax laws the government says are completely transparent, following a Senate hearing in which Apple was accused of keeping cash in subsidiaries located in Ireland to ...

This Central Bank fueled rally can't go on for much longer, can it?

(For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click here ) * Infrastructure tsar says railways, bullet train to get better deal * $39 billion a year investment needed to end infrastructure ...

Modest economic growth is expected in New England over the next three years with the region as a whole returning to pre-recession employment levels by 2015. That's according to a new economic forecast ...

How to Cut a Job in Italy? Wait, and Wait Some More

N.J. Panel Advances Open-Space Bill

The last time the IRS was under this much scrutiny, audits fell by 50%.

MILAN, May 21 (Reuters) - Italy's oil major Eni and seven other leading European energy companies issued a joint statement on Tuesday to ask European Union leaders to revive a common energy policy in order ...

China has big plans for mountainous Yunnan province, in the southwest of the country. They include a building boom, a new road and a petroleum industry centered on oil and chemical refineries. The raw ...

Barack Obama visited a Baltimore factory to send a message about the need for middle class job creation.

* Scottish nationalists say split would boost growth * British pound and EU membership key to economic success By William James LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Ending Britain's 306-year rule would allow Scotland ...

Connecticut residents may soon have to pay more to download an app, e-book or iTunes song. Some Democratic state lawmakers are proposing to raise the 1 percent tax on such products to match the state's ...

The New Jersey Legislature's budget analyst now says Gov. Chris Christie's revenue estimates are off by about $700 million. David Rosen revised his revenue forecast for the next 13 months based on a Treasury ...