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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:33:19 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:12:37 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/us/economy(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/84d214e2-ccaa-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84d214e2-ccaa-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlOne of the biggest bank failures this year prompted a US regulator to call for harmonisation of international law and to press for new powers to resolve a collapsing institutionSun, 8 Nov 2009 22:33:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8fad3518-ccaa-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8fad3518-ccaa-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlSt Louis Fed chief James Bullard tells Krishna Guha that the US central bank may have to pivot quickly as the economy recoversSun, 8 Nov 2009 21:51:41 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cc07104-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cc07104-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlRising US joblessness poses increasingly urgent political and policy challenges for US President Barack ObamaFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:06:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3ddf99e-cadd-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3ddf99e-cadd-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 per cent in October, its highest level in over 26 years as the economy shed another 190,000 jobsFri, 6 Nov 2009 19:56:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/61dab304-cae3-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/61dab304-cae3-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlA large drop in employment has outpaced a fall in the numbers choosing to stop seeking work, propelling the headline jobless rate skywardFri, 6 Nov 2009 19:43:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b6956e6-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b6956e6-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlBeijing issues stinging rebuke after Washington slapped anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn of Chinese steel pipe imports.Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:39:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/90ca44f2-ca68-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90ca44f2-ca68-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US hit China with another big trade action as it slapped ­preliminary anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn worth of Chinese pipe importsFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:17:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e583b6c-ca4b-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e583b6c-ca4b-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe next dose of pain for US state and local governments, which are struggling to balance their budgets in the wake of a national recession, could come from rising costs for the pensions of teachers, firefighters and sanitation workers across the countryThu, 5 Nov 2009 20:55:35 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4c0a808-ca17-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4c0a808-ca17-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlCorporate America achieved remarkable productivity gains in the third quarter, new data revealed, with output per hour worked up 9.5 per cent at an annualised rate, its fastest increase in six yearsThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:58:06 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f938124-c974-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f938124-c974-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Federal Reserve signalled that it expected to keep interest rates near zero for at least six months, but for the first time identified factors that could lead to earlier risesThu, 5 Nov 2009 00:48:41 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/547d2fd8-c977-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/547d2fd8-c977-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlIt is beside the point to focus on bonuses, like Paul Krugman, or financial democracy, like Robert Shiller, writes Dirk Bezemer Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:21:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c64731c-c95d-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c64731c-c95d-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlMove aimed at stymying growing number of transnational schemes that employers can use to dump pension liabilities on to insurance schemesWed, 4 Nov 2009 20:23:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/682e36a4-c976-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/682e36a4-c976-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlInformation received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to pick upWed, 4 Nov 2009 19:20:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9e532ae-c95e-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9e532ae-c95e-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US service sector grew in October for the second month in a row but at slower rate than expected, as unemployment continues to weigh on the economyWed, 4 Nov 2009 16:46:50 +0000