WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted an upbeat picture on Saturday for the potential of innovation to lift living standards, delivering a sweeping look at the last 100 years that included memories of his 1963 South Carolina home.Full story
Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country's international debt inspectors said. Full story
PARIS (Reuters) - Turkey's achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and political reform by a "tiger" economy on the seam of Europe and Asia, but the rising power still faces pitfalls in a dangerous neighborhood. Full story
President Obama steps outside the Washington bubble to push his agenda for job creation while Republicans focus on so-called scandals.
Jared Bernstein, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget Policies and Priorities, and Time Magazine’s Michael Scherer discuss how Republicans conveniently neglect positive economic indicators they have sworn are their No. 1 priority.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, joins Martin Bashir to talk about what he calls the “crazy place” he works – the House of Representatives – where the GOP is using a 37th certain-to-fail repeal vote on the Affordable Care Act to avoid talking jobs and the economy.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen discusses the inquiries being made into the IRS treatment of Tea Party groups with Chris Cillizza, then relays concerns that Congress will use these scandals to forego taking care of actual business.
Shoppers look over items at a souvenir store in San Francisco, California May 13, 2013. Retail sales unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to underlying strength in the economy and leading forecasters to bump up second-quarter growth estimates. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINE
A supporter of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) walks behind fans at one of the party's election headquarters in Lahore May 12, 2013. Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capabl
People walk in front of a wall covered with election posters in the old part of Lahore May 12, 2013. Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to
Israel's Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett stand together during the swearing-in ceremony of the new government at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem in this March 18, 2013 file photo. In an election last January, middle-class dissatisfaction helped to
