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Bureau of Economic Analysis

Hopes of US interest rate rises were pushed into the distance on Friday, as figures showed that the world’s largest economy had slowed sharply and…
Most of us have never witnessed an economic “recovery” this bad.  As you will see below, the average rate of economic growth since the last…
Italy is running out of economic time.  Seven years into an ageing global expansion, the country is still stuck in debt-deflation and still grappling with…
Bernie S. Siegel, MD, is a well-known proponent of integrative and holistic approaches to healing that heal not just the body but also the mind…
The following is an excerpt from the introduction to Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations are Seizing Power: We're surrounded. Everywhere you look you find masses,…
Hedge funder Martin Shkreli reminded everyone of the sky-high—and seemingly arbitrary—costs of prescription medicines in this country when he bought and immediately increased the price…
Economic growth has bee at zero percent or lower for two or three years in a row in most of the western world. Cooked government…
Federal Reserve officials will probably cut their forecasts for economic growth when they gather again next month, though not enough to deter their intent to raise…
Data released last week by the U.S. government showed the U.S. economy came to a near halt in the first three months of 2015, falling…