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Sustaining these is not easy, writes Aline van Duyn Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:20 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2454daa8-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2454daa8-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe political class on both sides of the Atlantic must come to terms with the fact that success over the next decade will be defined by saving money, not spending itFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:07:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/245e6872-d542-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/245e6872-d542-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlUS authorities blocked Minsheng, the Chinese bank, from acquiring a Californian lender in a deal that could have saved almost $300m of taxpayers' money and $1.4bn from an industry insurance fund, say people familiar with the matter.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:27:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d0dba1a-d565-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d0dba1a-d565-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlRon Paul, the Texan Republican congressman, edges closer to realising a decades-long ambition to impose tougher congressional scrutiny on the Federal ReserveFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0613931c-d554-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0613931c-d554-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlMore than one in seven borrowers were behind on their mortgage payments or facing foreclosure at the end of the third quarter as rising unemployment continued to fan the flames of the housing crisisThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:18:34 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/92c5d4c6-d538-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92c5d4c6-d538-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlTim Geithner launches a fierce defence of his record as US Treasury secretary as Republicans said his policies had failed and he should resignThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:35:32 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/77d7c37c-d515-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77d7c37c-d515-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlThe number of US workers claiming jobless benefits held last week, hovering near its lowest level in nearly a year, signalling that the pace of job cuts is easingThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:18:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/bda560bc-d4ed-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/bda560bc-d4ed-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Golden State faces a cumulative shortfall of $21bn between the rest of this fiscal year and the one starting next JulyThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:27:59 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/70c11666-d528-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70c11666-d528-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlFull text of Treasury secretary Tim Geithner's testimony on financial regulatory reform to the Joint Economic CommitteeThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e9a9716-d47a-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e9a9716-d47a-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlBankers fear new systemic risk if companies face higher costs for hedges under centralised clearing and potentially be required to post extra collateralThu, 19 Nov 2009 00:19:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/68498822-d49e-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/68498822-d49e-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlThe House financial services committee approved an amendment allowing regulators to break up even healthy financial companies in a move that is worrying leading US institutionsThu, 19 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dddc5fa4-d48c-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dddc5fa4-d48c-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlA 'jobs bill', new public works programmes and job-sharing initiatives are under consideration as ways to stimulate demandWed, 18 Nov 2009 22:34:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee761ae2-d443-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee761ae2-d443-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlUS President Barack Obama warned that the US economy could head into a "double-dip recession" unless urgent steps were taken to rein in mounting public debtWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:07:02 +0000