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US durable goods orders surge 4.6%

Business spending edges higher despite fiscal worries

composite aerial image of USA at night which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight. ©NASA 9:30pm

Flares take shine off shale boom

Industry fails to act over loss of potentially useful gas

composite aerial image of USA at night which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight. ©NASA 9:30pm

Shale gas boom now visible from space

Flaring hydrocarbon plants trigger political and environmental dispute

From WORLD Jan 27, 2013

Republicans back off from Lew battle

Geithner replacement expected to be confirmed

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde walks in Davos before addressing the forum ©AFP Jan 26, 2013

Global economy remains fragile

Davos finds little agreement on prescription for growth

Jan 25, 2013

Budget cuts put US science to the test

FT Series: How financial pressures are affecting US research capacity

Jan 25, 2013

US home sales slide 7.3% in December

Overall 2012 sales record first annual gain in seven years

Illustration of America’s debt dilemma From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

US taxes: Certain as death, complicated as hell

There is a growing consensus that the country’s unwieldy tax system is outdated and in desperate need of repair

From MULTIMEDIA Jan 24, 2013

Making a case for US tax reform

Tax revenues compared with other developed countries

From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

World is right to worry about US debt

America must face up to its responsibilities, writes Kenneth Rogoff

Jan 24, 2013

US jobless figures fall to five-year low

Weekly volatility undermines positive trend

Jan 23, 2013

Tight supplies boost US home prices

Improving jobs market and confidence drive sales

Martin Wolf from COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

America’s fiscal policy is not in crisis

The urgent challenge is to promote economic recovery

From WORLD Jan 22, 2013

US healthcare costs seek home remedy

FT series: America’s Debt Dilemma – Richard McGregor on Medicare

Jan 22, 2013

US home sales dip and inventories thin

Prices increase as recovery takes hold in housing sector

Inside Business from COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Outsourcing tide is not likely to turn

Hopes that activity lost to Asia will return look misplaced

From COMMENT Jan 21, 2013

America’s debt dilemma: A looming crisis

In the first of a series, Robin Harding examines the fiscal challenges that will shape the US in the 21st century

Larry Summers Lawrence Summers from COMMENT Jan 21, 2013

End the damaging obsession with deficit

America must not lose sight of infrastructure, jobs and growth

Jan 21, 2013

Investors gamble on US debt ceiling deal

Protracted haggling in Congress could undermine gains in equities

Jan 21, 2013

‘Age bomb’ threat to credit ratings

Fitch warns developed nations of negative impact without reforms

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