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Financial Crisis

Australia marks 26 years since recession with growth data

Sep 6, 2017

Australia's economy has grown for 26 years without a recession, an extraordinary achievement in a volatile world still aching from the global financial crisis

Greek economy expands for second straight quarter

Sep 1, 2017

Greece's national statistics authority says the country's economy grew by 0.8 percent in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same quarter last year, provisional data of seasonally adjusted figures show

Hundreds of Puerto Ricans protest, decry austerity measures

Aug 30, 2017

Hundreds of Puerto Ricans are taking to the streets of the island's capital to protest austerity measures as anger builds over an unrelenting economic crisis that has hit the working class especially hard

US sanctions to pile misery on moribund Venezuelan economy

Aug 29, 2017

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been celebrating calm returning to the streets after months of deadly protests, yet the country's imploding economy poses an ever more severe threat

Puerto Rico mulls closing zoo, transfers animals amid crisis

Aug 28, 2017

Puerto Rico's governor says one elephant and 10 felines at the island's only zoo will be transferred elsewhere following concerns for their wellbeing amid an economic crisis

Board sues Puerto Rico governor for rejecting furloughs

Aug 28, 2017

Puerto Rico's governor is being sued by a federal control board overseeing the island's finances for refusing to impose furloughs and take other measures it demanded amid a deep economic crisis

Hot topic of next Fed chair not on program at Jackson Hole

Aug 26, 2017

Hot topic at Jackson Hole central bankers' conference not on the program _ who will be next Fed chair

Aug 26, 2017

The Latest: Venezuelan 'truth commission' initiates probe

President Nicolas Maduro wants his opponents investigated for treason for allegedly plotting with the Trump administration to sanction Venezuela

Aug 25, 2017

Yellen defends bank regulations passed after 2008 crisis

Federal Reserve Chair Yellen defends banking overhaul passed after devastating 2008 crisis

Puerto Rico eyes $112 million in federal funds for roads

Aug 24, 2017

Puerto Rico officials say the U.S. territory will receive more than $112 million in federal funds to repair roads and bridges that have deteriorated amid an economic crisis