Over 200 million dollars confiscated to Mexican-Chinese businessman Zhenli Ye Gon are displayed in Mexico City ©AFP Mar 7, 2013

US household wealth highest since 2007

Debt levels also rise as household asset values swell

Mar 7, 2013

Pension woes weigh on Illinois budget

Governor slams legislators over $96bn unfunded pension liability

From COMPANIES Mar 7, 2013

Holder says some banks are ‘too large’

Suspicion among lawmakers who believe some are ‘too big to jail’

Mar 6, 2013

US companies add 198,000 jobs

Private labour market resilient ahead of federal budget cuts

Editorial from COMMENT Mar 5, 2013

Detroit’s bleeding

Michigan’s governor is right to announce radical surgery

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US hiring gathers momentum

Economy adds 236,000 jobs and unemployment rate drops to 7.7%

Mar 6, 2013

Jobs start to go as US sequestration cuts in

Across-the-board budget reductions claim early victim

Mar 5, 2013

US services grow at fastest pace in a year

Index rises to 56 as new orders and exports accelerate

Activist Demonstrate Against High Cost Of College Education In U.S. ©Getty Mar 5, 2013

Student debt is a drag on US recovery

Fears that high loans will slow economic growth

Mar 5, 2013

Fannie and Freddie set for reduced role

US to create utility to handle new mortgage-backed securities

From LEX Mar 4, 2013

Detroit: meet me at the end of the road

Other US cities are grappling with misaligned finances

From MIDDLE EASTERN ECONOMY Mar 2, 2013

US tells Egypt to fix economy and strike IMF deal

Kerry on first visit to Arab world since taking office

Mar 2, 2013

Bernanke warns against raising rates early

Fed chief says ‘high risk of short-circuiting the recovery’

From COMPANIES Mar 1, 2013

Boost for Keystone XL pipeline plan

Impact study finds it would have only marginal effect on emissions

From WORLD Mar 1, 2013

Obama warns of long fiscal crisis

President signs the directive to put cuts into effect

Mar 1, 2013

Data show spots of brightness in US economy

Manufacturing grows faster than expected but data weak elsewhere

Mar 1, 2013

Fiscal emergency declared in Detroit

Step closer to largest municipal bankruptcy in US history

From WORLD Feb 28, 2013

Chances of sequester quick fix run out

Cuts saga likely to run and run

Feb 28, 2013

US braced as cuts deadline passes

Growth data show economy vulnerable as sequestration kicks in

Feb 28, 2013

US consumer debt snaps four-year decline

Student loans largest source of private debt after mortgages

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