Economy making women think twice about having babies

A recent story by Reuters says that birth rates in the United States continued to decline in 2009 . It was the second straight year that birth rates have fallen and U.S. health officials are blaming it on the economy. "We saw a decline in 2008 and 2009. The timing is very consistent with saying it is associated with the recession and the economy in general," Paul Sutton of the U.S. Centers for ...

Research and Markets: United States Metals Report Q3 2010 - Independent Forecasts & Competitive Intelligence on the ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b0449f/united_states_meta) has announced the addition of the "United States Metals Report Q3 2010" report to their offering. The United States Metals Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, metals associations, government departments and ...

Kanjorski: United States would have collapsed without financial bailout

U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski defended the 2008 government bailout of failing financial giants as painfully necessary to prevent a complete collapse of the world economy and U.S. political system.

Further stimulus moves are not required, say economists

Though the United States and Japan have come out with new stimulus plans to revive the economy and deal with joblessness, China does not need to follow suit with such measures, economists said on Tuesday.

Jobless rate may hit 10% as workers restart hunt

BLOOMBERG NEWS The jobless rate in the United States is likely to approach 10 percent in coming months as the economy fails to grow enough to employ people rejoining the labor force, economists said. Private payrolls climbed 67,000 in August, after a gain of 107,000 the previous month, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent, the Labor Department said last week. Only 723,000 people were ...