<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Economics News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=5&amp;catid=279</link><description>News Feed for - Economics</description><item><title>Economists question big gains from Doha deal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414536&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T18:53:00</pubDate><description>GENEVA (Reuters) - Forecasts that completing the World Trade Organisation's Doha round would boost the world economy by hundreds of billions of dollars with most gains going to developing countries are </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>US STOCKS-Wall St falls after GDP; Fed minutes on tap</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96410016&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T18:49:00</pubDate><description>6:26pm GMT Email|Print | Reprints [-] Text [+] * Q3 GDP grows but pace is slower than expected * Indexes down: Dow 0.4 pct, S&amp;amp;P 0.3 pct, Nasdaq 0.5 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news, click [STXNEWS/US] </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>GDP, Case/Shiller muddy recovery hopes</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96409727&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:03:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street opened lower on Tuesday after data showed home prices rose but at a more sluggish pace and the economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter. The </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Consumer confidence higher</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96404432&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:24:00</pubDate><description>The Conference Board, based in New York, said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index edged up to 49.5, up from a revised reading of 48.7 in October. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>GDP Revision Draws Mixed Reaction</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96402568&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:11:00</pubDate><description>The U.S. economy's jump out of recession wasn't quite as strong as initially thought, resulting in an early stall on Wall Street a day after impressive gains. The Commerce Department reported its second </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Wall St opens down after Case-Shiller, GDP</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96350313&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:14:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street opened lower on Tuesday after data showed home prices rose but at a more sluggish pace and the economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter. The </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Overnight deposits, borrowing with ECB rises</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291527&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:45:00</pubDate><description>FRANKFURT, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The amount of cash banks deposited and borrowed overnight with the European Central Bank rose, data showed on Tuesday. The ECB said commercial banks deposited 51.564 billion </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Thai Hot Stocks-Index edges lower, Central Pattana drops</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96266449&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:18:00</pubDate><description>BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Thailand's benchmark stock index was down 1.23 percent at 681.94 at 0730 GMT on Tuesday, dragged down by continued foreign selling due to political concerns, dealers said. </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>NYMEX-Crude slips on GDP revision, inventory views</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96320947&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T18:54:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures fell on Tuesday as on a report showing third-quarter economic growth was less than earlier estimated and on expectations that crude oil inventories </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Stock slip on reports on consumer confidence, GDP</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96403073&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T19:06:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK ? Stocks retreated from 13-month highs after a lackluster reading on consumer confidence and a report showing slower economic growth sapped the market's optimism. Major indexes were slightly </description><source>USA Today</source></item><item><title>Roubini: Dollar may feed emerging market inflation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414694&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T18:55:00</pubDate><description>* Bank measures may fan price rises in emerging markets * Capital controls could be answer to currency gains BUENOS AIRES, Nov 24 (Reuters) - U.S. dollar weakness may lead to inflation and asset bubbles </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>US Q3 economic growth revised down</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96400273&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T18:49:00</pubDate><description>SLOW RECOVERY: The US economy grew more slowly than first thought in the third quarter, but house prices rose for the fifth month, suggesting a slow economic recovery is still intact. Relevant offers </description><source>stuff.co.nz</source></item><item><title>BOE'S KING-MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER IF MONEY GROWTH HAD PICKED UP FASTER</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96413351&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:33:00</pubDate><description>For highlights of a testimony by Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and fellow Monetary Policy Committee members Paul Tucker, Paul Fisher and Andrew Sentance to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>BOE'S KING-I THINK QE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96410820&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:22:00</pubDate><description>For highlights of a testimony by Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and fellow Monetary Policy Committee members Paul Tucker, Paul Fisher and Andrew Sentance to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-Greek GDP to shrink by up to 1.5 pct in 2009</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96409667&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:24:00</pubDate><description>ATHENS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Greece's economy will contract by up to 1.5 percent this year, the country's central bank chief said on Tuesday, revising downwards a previous estimate. The Bank of Greece had </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Consumer Confidence Rises But Still Shaky</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96383132&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:31:00</pubDate><description>Americans' confidence in the economy improved slightly in November from October, but shoppers remain gloomy heading into the traditional start of the holiday shopping season amid a weak job market, according </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>METALS-Copper slips as stocks rise, U.S. data weighs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96318798&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:27:00</pubDate><description>* Copper inventories up nearly 5,000 tonnes * Market reassessing metals demand prospectsArticle * Weak dollar limits losses (Recasts, update prices and ) By Humeyra Pamuk and Maytaal Angel LONDON, Nov </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>TREASURIES-Prices gain on downward revision to Q3 GDP</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96301344&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:10:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices made slight gains on Tuesday after a revision to the government's data for third-quarter growth came in just below expectations and fanned doubt </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Gold Rises Near $1,168 as Dollar Recovers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96286925&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:29:00</pubDate><description>Gold prices rose near $1,168 an ounce on Tuesday after recovering from a short-lived drop as the dollar moved higher in the wake of U.S. GDP data. Prices remain firmly underpinned by the prospect of rising </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index(R) Edges Up</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96239466&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T16:18:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK The Consumer Confidence Survey?? is based on a representative sample of 5,000 U.S. households. The monthly survey is conducted for The Conference Board by TNS. TNS is the world's largest custom </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Consumer confidence grows a bit</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96408286&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:54:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK    Americans' confidence in the economy improved slightly in November, but they remain gloomy amid a weak job market heading into the holiday season.</description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>US Dollar Declines Amid November Consumer Confidence Report</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96407219&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:46:00</pubDate><description>US Economic News European Economic News Asian Economic News All Economic News FX Top Stories Currency Alerts Mkt Sensitive News Politics European Mkt Updates Asian Mkt Updates Treasury Mkt Updates Pop </description><source>RTTNews.com</source></item><item><title>ECB's Provopoulos-Economic recovery still fragile</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96406630&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:56:00</pubDate><description>ATHENS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Economic recovery is still fragile and support measures are still needed, European Central Bank Governing Council member George Provopoulos said on Tuesday. '(Global) recovery </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>US consumer confidence edges up</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96406587&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:43:00</pubDate><description>Lack of confidence could hit Christmas consumer spending US consumer confidence edged higher in November after a big drop in October, as fewer Americans felt the economic situation was likely to worsen. </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>European shares turn negative after US GDP data</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96405258&amp;Channel_ID=5&amp;Category_ID=279</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:32:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - European shares turned negative in afternoon trading on Tuesday after U.S. GDP data showed the economy grew more slowly than initially thought in the third quarter. 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