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Treasury Budget Deficit Narrows in August

ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury has issued its budget for the month of August 2014, showing a deficit of $128.708 billion. The report is based upon receipts (taxes and income) of $194.248 billion and outlays (payouts…

Jon C. Ogg · 12 years ago

Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise

Some economists wondered if the Employment Situation's weak payrolls report from the previous week would have any play in the latest weekly jobless report.

Chris Lange · 12 years ago

Consumer Credit Shows Credit Use On the Rise

ThinkstockConsumer borrowing picked up in July. The total outstanding consumer credit, excluding real estate secured loans, increased to $3.238 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 9.7% in July from the previous month…

Chris Lange · 12 years ago

Europe Gets Tougher With Russia

The European Union is expected to adopt stricter sanctions against Russia on Tuesday in an effort to get Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine.

Paul Ausick · 12 years ago