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-- American consumers gave the economy a boost in the fourth quarter of 2010, as they loosened their purse strings. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's economic activity, grew at an annual rate of 3.2% in the last three months of the year, a significant increase from a...

Romer: Growth 'solid' but not fast enough WASHINGTON, White House economic adviser Christina Romer said Friday the U.S. economy was not growing fast enough to counter high unemployment. "Growth is below the rapid rate of increase needed to bring the unemployment rate down quickly," Romer said...

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty sounded an upbeat note on the North American and global economies on Wednesday, saying he detected small signs of encouragement amid all the uncertainty. Flaherty also said Canadian bond and capital markets were improving and that the United...