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The debts of households, companies and governments
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Dec 1, 2011
And how they influence a country's GDP.
PODCAST: What the super committee lost, Egypt's revolutionary flare up
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Nov 29, 2011
We speak to the President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli about how the debt crises in the U.S. and Europe are affecting his country, and how Panama is continuing to grow. Reporter Mitchell Hartman shows us one place that was shaken to its core by the housing crisis. And what does the OWN network need to do to succeed?
Third quarter GDP revised down
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Nov 22, 2011
The Commerce Department says the economy grew 2 percent, revised down from 2.5. But economists say chances are after one step back, we'll take two forward.
Some bright spots in the revised GDP numbers
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Nov 22, 2011
The revised third quarter GDP figures show 2 percent growth, down from the previously estimated 2.5 percent gain. Few economists were expecting that much of a revision and it sure looks like a disappointment -- until you start picking through the numbers.
The Recession's Consumer Paradox
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Nov 3, 2011
David Brancaccio was in Los Angeles last week to guest host Marketplace Money. The theme: Borrow or spend? If we don't spend, life gets drained...
MID-DAY UPDATE: American families make 18% less after the financial crisis, radiation levels continue to rise in Japan
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Mar 25, 2011
Here are some of today's top headlines from the Marketplace Morning Report and around the web.
The economy, in the last quarter of 2010, grew ...
Tsunami-Sized Shock to Japan's Gross Domestic Product
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Nov 3, 2011
Just days after the triple calamity in Japan -- from earthquake to tsunami to radiation -- I found
myself at an awkward turn in a conversation. I...
MID-DAY UPDATE: U.S. economy up 3.2% , Australia, Trans-Arctic shipping
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Jan 28, 2011
The U.S. economy grew by 3.2 percent last quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday, in its report on the nation's gross domestic product. Jill...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Chinese delegation, Walmart, Target and Arby's
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Jan 20, 2011
China announced a 10.3 percent GDP growth in December today. That's three times faster than GDP growth in the U.S., leading economists to believe...
MIDDAY UPDATE: GDP up 2.6 percent, holiday shopping
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Dec 22, 2010
U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew 2.6 percent in the third quarter. Stacey Vanek Smith spoke to Richard DeKaser, who explained while this is a good...








