UPI Pictures of the Year 2012 - NEWS & FEATURES
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on the Board's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on July 17, 2012 in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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U.S. stock markets closed higher Wednesday, as records set on Wall Street continue to get broken and reset, lately on a daily basis.
Consumer borrowing rose in the first quarter of 2013, although credit card debt was little changed, the U.S. Federal Reserve said.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett offered high praise for U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
The U.S. Labor Department announced the U.S. economy created 165,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate slipped a notch to 7.5 percent.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will keep its monetary policy intact, leaving security purchases and interest rates where they are for now.
Crude oil prices dropped down near $93 per barrel Tuesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank said the growth in Texas manufacturing production was flat in April.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported gross domestic product grew at a 2.5 percent pace in the first quarter but don’t break out the champagne.
Manufacturing in the southern central U.S. states slipped modestly in April, the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank said Thursday.
Forecasters expect the U.S. Commerce Department to report the U.S. economy grew a brisk 3.1 percent in the first quarter but don't break out the champagne.
