Global Economy

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U.S. growth surprises

Strong exports - and those government stimulus checks fuel growth. Full Article | Full Article

Stocks rally on surprise GDP revision

Dollar up vs. euro on U.S. growth trend

Economy News

DIARY - Today in Washington - July 10 3:53pm EDT

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TABLE-U.S. June ICSC retail sales down 5.1 pct vs year ago

UPDATE 2-Canada housing starts up for 2nd straight month

UPDATE 1-U.S. wholesale inventories drop for ninth month

U.S. wholesale inventories drop for ninth month

DIARY-Federal Reserve Events

POLL: G7 Outlook

Dim prospects

Growth prospects are dimming across the G7, putting central banks on "an extraordinary tightrope," a Reuters poll of 250 economists showed. Full Article

U.S. growth bounces but to weaken later this year

Germany to avoid recession despite slowdown

Risk of UK recession rising, rates to fall in 2009

Euro zone growth to slow in '08 but not inflation

Japanese rate rise seen delayed to July-Sept 2009

G8 Summit News

Modest but measurable

This year's G8 summit reinforced two truisms: the problems of the age, such as global warming, are extraordinarily complex and the G8 alone cannot resolve them, Alan Wheatley writes. Full Article

G8 patches up climate deal, others want more

Medvedev at G8 offers no change in Russia course