The president has singled out Congress for rebuke while citing the impact of global woes on the American economy. But in doing so he telegraphs a message of powerlessness that no leader likes to convey. full story ![]()

With the US economy still weak and millions struggling to find jobs, President Obama will pledge to “reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class.”
independent.co.uk (3 months and 5 days ago)
Conn Carroll President Obama’s overall approval rating is back over 50 percent, according to the latest Pew Research survey, but his party is now losing to Republicans on the economy and guns and is tied with them on immigration. Overall, 42 percent of those Americans surveyed said the Republican Party could do the better job dealing with the economy, while just 38 percent...
washingtonexaminer.com (10 days ago)
Conn Carroll President Obama’s overall approval rating is back over 50 percent, according to the latest Pew Research survey, but his party is now losing to Republicans on the economy and guns and is tied with them on immigration. Overall, 42 percent of those Americans surveyed said the Republican Party could do the better job dealing with the economy, while just 38 percent...
washingtonexaminer.com (10 days ago)

A man has been found dead in a gutter with his hands tied in Sydney's south-west.
abc.net.au (1 month and 7 days ago)
A former PMK councillor of Pallavaram municipality was found murdered with his hands and feet tied at his house in Chitlapakkam on Saturday morning.
indiatimes.com (4 hours ago)

Bank of England policymakers will take a crucial vote on whether to pump more money into Britain's stagnant economy this week as it weighs a weak outlook for growth against high inflation.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 17 days ago)
For China's economic planners, the latest health check from the nation's economy presents an uncertain diagnosis.
palmbeachpost.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's economy shrank in the last three months of 2012, its third straight quarter of contraction, giving the government ammunition to defend its "weak yen" strategy as necessary to getting growth back on track....
ap.org (3 months and 3 days ago)

The Bank of England has warned that inflation will stay higher for longer while the economy will remain weak, as it departed from tradition by issuing a statement despite leaving policy on hold.
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 9 days ago)
Signs that the US economy remains weak, along with evidence that the budgetary impasse in Washington is restraining growth, have convinced policymakers who gathered for the latest meeting of the US Federal Reserve to stick with the extraordinary stimulus measures put in place to support the recovery.
independent.co.uk (17 days ago)
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