<h1>Leading group lowers US economic forecast, implores world policymakers to 'act now' to boost growth</h1> <div class="repubhubembed"></div><p class="rhexcerpt">WASHINGTON — A leading international group Wednesday downgraded its forecast for the U.S. ...
The US economy is now growing all across the country, recovering at a "moderate" to "modest" pace after brutal winter weather, the Federal Reserve said in a report said Wednesday. "All twelve Federal Reserve Districts report that economic activity expanded…
The US economy is on track for "solid growth" in the second quarter after the winter freeze, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday. But with the housing industry slowing and unemployment still high, the economy still needs "a high degree…
The US economy ground almost to a halt in the first three months of the year amid severe winter weather, official data showed Wednesday. Gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 0.1 percent after hitting a 2.6 percent pace in the 2013 fourth…
UC Berkeley Professor Laura Tyson at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland says the economic outlook for the U.S. is looking up. But it still may take years to claw back all the jobs needed to get back to pre-crisis levels. Photo: Getty Images…
