economic reports

In Mario Draghi's first meeting as president, the bank lowered Europe's benchmark rate to 1.25 percent amid gloomy economic reports and tension over Greece.

Negative economic reports from Europe pushed stocks lower early and the decline accelerated in...

Markets moved ahead as traders studied a wide variety of economic reports.

Major indexes fell more than 1 percent after reports on disappointing job creation and slower manufacturing.

Government bond yields fell to their lowest levels this year Tuesday after two economic reports cast doubt on the economy's strength.

Economic reports Thursday suggest employers are laying off fewer workers, businesses are ordering more computers and appliances, and consumers are spending more confidently.

A batch of economic reports offered some hope that the economy was improving in the United States.

Stock futures reversed course and pointed higher Friday, as traders digested comments from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and a handful of economic reports.

A crucial manufacturing gauge in the United States unexpectedly rose in August and indicators showed strong growth in China and Australia.

Stocks tumbled Thursday after two disappointing economic reports renewed investors' concerns about the pace of a recovery.