U.S. Growth Outlook Cut -Blue Chip
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Top forecasters cut their outlooks for U.S. growth this year and next but said inflation seems to be leveling off and consumer spending should strengthen in the months ahead, a survey out on Friday showed.
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Blue-chip stocks ended flat on Wednesday after trimming steep losses late in the session amid speculation the Federal Reserve may act to cut the discount rate. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 ended lower but well off their worst levels of the day.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its forecast for US economic growth and expects the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates next year, according to a draft of its latest estimates.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday cut its 2004 forecast for US economic growth to 4.3 percent but raised its growth predictions for the euro zone and for Japan.
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Illinois Tool Works Inc.  cut its quarterly profit outlook on Friday, becoming the latest manufacturer to warn of the effects of a slowing U.S. economy.
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U.S. blue chip stocks fell on Tuesday, the first day of trading in September, before a key economic report that is expected to show a dip in manufacturing activity last month.
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US economic growth is expected to slow in 2005 due to rising interest rates and high crude oil prices, according to a forecast of participants at a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago conference released on Monday.
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Investor's Business Daily - There seems to be a significant slowing in the pace of global economic growth this year, the International Monetary Fund said. The IMF cautioned that restoring world financial markets will be a complex, drawn-out process. The Fed's 75- basis-point 18ate cut on Tue. was "appropriate and helpful," said IMF spokesman Masood Ahmed, who also said the U.S. should apply "targeted and timely" fiscal stimulus.
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"Growth will slow down, due to increased global risk"  Germany's economy minister and a leading economic institute said Wednesday they expect 2008 growth to cool amid rising food and oil prices and fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage loan crisis.Economy Minster Michael Glos was quoted by the mass-circulation Bild daily as saying the government was scaling back its forecast for 2008 to just under 2 percent. He did not give an exact figure.The Berlin-based DIW economic institute said it expected gross domestic product to expand by 2.1 percent in the coming year, following growth of at least 2.4 percent in 2007. Read more
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The U.S. economy will slow sharply this year and fall behind growth rates in most of the world, according to forecasts in a U.N. report released Wednesday.
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The International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for global growth next year slightly amid expectations that the US and Chinese economies will not expand as strongly as previously thought.
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The OECD revised the growth projections for its major members. The growth of the US economy this year is likely to be 4.3 percent, instead of an earlier forecast of 4.7 percent, it said.
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Washington, Dec. 18. (PTI):The growth rate of United States will slow down a little bit next year though the general economic conditions &quot;look very sound,&quot; Bush&#39;s economic advisers have warned.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks closed lower in  thin trade  on Thursday after data gave a mixed picture of the  U.S. economy and steel shares fell as investors worried that  slowing demand from China could depress prices.
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The OECD on Wednesday reduced its forecast for U.S. economic growth and recommended a rapid cut in interest rates to limit the fallout from a housing and mortgage market slump that has sparked global financial market turmoil.
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Blue chips were little changed on Tuesday as bank stocks rose, helping to pare losses triggered by microchip maker National Semiconductor Corp.  cutting its quarterly revenue forecast.
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U.S. economic growth should lose steam in coming months, a research group said Thursday, indicating a clampdown on credit markets will continue to take its toll on the broader economy.