A strong export performance from Germany helped the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro narrowly avoid a recession in the first three months of the year, official figures showed Tuesday.
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Eurozone avoids recession as Germany powers ahead
Investors show healthy appetite for Spanish bonds
Investors showed a healthy appetite for Spanish debt but demanded a higher premium in an auction that was a key test of confidence in the government’s ability to get a handle on its debts as its economy enters a recession.
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BoE’s Weale says economy skirted recession
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Economists more upbeat on Irish Q4 growth
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Economists are increasingly confident that Ireland will avoid falling back into recession when quarterly growth figures are released later this month, but the economy faces growing pressure from weak domestic demand, a poll showed on Tuesday. Irish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.9 percent in the three months to September...
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Confidence grows in euro zone economy, but still fragile (Reuters)
Reuters – Confidence in the euro zone’s economy rose for a second consecutive month in February, a survey showed on Tuesday, confirming a wider stabilization across Europe that policymakers hope signals only a mild recession this year.
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Jobless claims hold steady at 4-year low (Reuters)
Reuters – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits last week held at the lowest level since the early days of the 2007-2009 recession, signaling that the battered labor market is healing.
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Jobless claims hold steady at 4-year low (Reuters)
Reuters – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits last week held at the lowest level since the early days of the 2007-2009 recession, signaling that the battered labor market is healing.
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Euro zone economy to shrink in 2012, EU stagnates (Reuters)
Reuters – The euro zone’s economy is heading into its second recession in just three years, while the wider EU will stagnate, the EU’s executive said on Thursday, warning that the area has yet to break its vicious cycle of debt.
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Pace of new credit card accounts picks up in 2011 (AP)
AP – More people opened new credit card accounts last year, as the banking industry began to loosen standards it tightened during the recession.
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Fed’s housing blueprint is lost in din of politics (Reuters)
Reuters – In mid-2011, with the U.S. economy at risk of a new recession, top Federal Reserve officials began to explore a different way to shore up the recovery: looking for fixes for the battered housing market.
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Eurozone economy shrinks by 0.3 percent in Q4 (AP)
AP – Official figures show that the 17-nation eurozone economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the final three months of 2011 as many countries slipped back into recession.
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Analysis: Fears of slowdown fade as economy shows some muscle (Reuters)
Reuters – A few months ago economists were all but certain the U.S. economy would slow sharply at the start of this year, with many warning that recession risks were growing.
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