economic recovery

The United States added a robust 200,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department said, in a sign that the economic recovery was gaining momentum.

Douglas McWilliams, chief executive officer of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, talks about the global economy.

The Royal Bank of Scotland plans to boost lending to small businesses by at least 15% in three months as part of a drive to get behind the economic recovery.

Oct. 6 -- The Bank of England expanded its bond-purchase plan for the first time in almost two years as government budget cuts and Europe's debt crisis jeopardize Britain's economic recovery.

Chinese commentators are marking a visit by Vice President Joseph Biden by offering a struggling United States advice: Stop flooding your economy with cheap credit.

China's central bank governor urged Washington to handle its debt responsibly, warning Wednesday that uncertainty in the market for Treasury debt might harm a global economic recovery.

Surging inflation, a weak post-tsunami economic recovery in Japan and debt woes in the U.S. and Europe threaten East Asia's economic outlook, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday.

Just last fall, Americans were feeling better about their personal finances. Now they're starting to worry more about how they'll pay off debts as they feel the nation's economic recovery wobbling.

Inflation, rising household debt and troubles in part of the banking sector are among factors weighing on South Korea's rapid economic recovery from the global financial crisis, the country's new finance minister said Wednesday.

This one has been the weakest and most lopsided of any since the 1930s