Economy 'strong' in election year
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UK businesses are set to prosper during the next few months - but this could trigger more interest rate rises, according to a report.
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Industrial production and new home construction rose sharply last month, suggesting that the economy is overcoming high energy prices and rebounding from the summer slump.
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The White House on Wednesday said the U.S. economy is fundamentally strong a day after stock markets around the world took a plunge.
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The best of times, or the worst of times. The US economy is the strongest in years, or is mired in the deepest employment crisis in decades.
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Washington Post staff writer Jonathan Weisman discusses a story that looks at why the economy may not be the best predictor of the outcome in this year's presidential election.
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Strong business investment and higher exports drove the U.S. economy ahead at a robust 4 percent annual rate in the second quarter before turmoil in credit markets struck that is expected to brake growth ahead.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy headed into the summer with strong momentum, propelled by a manufacturing rebound and consumers who eagerly went shopping and sightseeing despite high gas prices.
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Bounding out of the Republican National Convention with a daylong trip through four swing states, President Bush told a Pennsylvania audience Friday that &quot;our economy is strong and getting stronger.
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US economic growth during the second quarter of the year was stronger than previously thought, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday, partly because businesses
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U.S. economic growth during the  second quarter of the year was stronger than previously  thought, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday, partly  because businesses built up inventories at the strongest rate  in four years.
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The job market looked much like the economy as a whole last month: subdued but strong enough.
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The US economy will grow solidly in 2005 despite high oil prices, no matter whether President George W. Bush or John Kerry is in the White House, top business economists said.
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President Bush says recent statistics showing a slight drop in the US unemployment rate show America&#39;s economy is strong and growing stronger.
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In a buoyant annual report, President Bushâs Council of Economic Advisers said the economy was poised to keep growing at a solid 3 percent a year.
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Consumer spending rebounded in September while manufacturing activity expanded in October, though at a slower pace than the previous month, providing further evidence of continued but moderating economic growth on the eve of the presidential election.
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The labor market is holding steady, businesses are rebuilding inventories and the consumer is still spending, all signs pointing to stronger economic growth in the latter part of this year.
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WASHINGTON : The US economy will grow solidly in 2005 despite high oil prices, no matter whether President George W. Bush or John Kerry is in the White House, top business economists said.