Topics :: economic activity

• Fed again vows to hold rates at record lows

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 11/05/2009 05:01 am

  The Federal Reserve pledged yesterday to keep a key interest rate at a record low for an “extended period,“ signaling that the weak economy remains dependent on government help to ...

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• Economy gauge rises again, but unemployment is a damper

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 10/23/2009 05:01 am

  A private forecast of economic activity rose in September for the sixth straight month, a sign the economy may keep growing early next year despite rising unemployment. The number of ...

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• Richmond Fed president Jeffrey Lacker says economy is recovering

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 10/09/2009 07:10 pm

  U.S. economic activity has been increasing since the contraction came to an end in the middle of the year, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond said during ...

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• Economic gauge rises for 5th straight month

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 09/22/2009 05:01 am

  A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The Conference’s Board leading indicators point to an economy ...

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• Fed survey shows U.S. recession may be over

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 09/10/2009 01:04 pm

  WASHINGTON—The recession is ending and the economy is finally growing again. That’s the message implicit in the Federal Reserve’s latest survey of businesses around the country, which found economic activity ...

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• Federal Reserve report indicates U.S. recession is over

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 09/10/2009 05:01 am

  Economic activity is stabilizing or improving in the vast majority of the country including the mid-Atlantic region, according to a new government survey, adding to evidence that the worst recession ...

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• ECONOMY: More good news emerges

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 07/21/2009 05:01 am

  More plans to build homes, higher stock prices and fewer people filing first-time claims for jobless aid sent a private-sector forecast of U.S. economic activity higher than expected in June. ...

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• Economic indicators up more than expected in June

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 07/20/2009 04:14 pm

  NEW YORK—More plans to build homes, higher stock prices and fewer people filing first-time claims jobless aid sent a private-sector forecast of U.S. economic activity higher than expected in June. ...

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• Retail, Service Sectors Still Declining

  richmond.com | 08/27/2008 08:26 am

  The contraction of economic activity in the service sector in the Fifth Federal Reserve District moderated in August, reports the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The district includes Virginia, Maryland, North ...

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• Ask the Mayor

  richmond.com | 07/23/2008 08:55 am

  I live near Albert Hill Middle School in the near West End and noticed some construction at the front steps. Can I assume this is related to the school system ...

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