en-us Reuters) - Britain is past the worst of the recession and should return to growth in the fourth quarter, two Bank of England policymakers said, in remarks which support government forecasts the economic downturn is nearly over.Treasury sources told Reuters late on Thursday they...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:16:43 -0800 Reuters UK) - The dollar slumped to a 14-year low against the yen on Thursday, helping gold scale another record high, while Asian stocks faltered as investors digested a mixed batch of economic data.Gold punched above $1,192.60 an ounce on expectations more central banks will buy...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:15:27 -0800 Reuters UK) - Britain's economy probably began growing again in the second half of the year and has a good chance of getting back on the path to low inflation growth next year, Bank of England policymaker Andrew Sentance said on Wednesday.In an interview with Sky News, Sentance said...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:31:01 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:32:34 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:19:43 -0800 Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed.Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern their plans...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:16:07 -0800 Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed.Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern their plans to...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:15:13 -0800 AWRE AWRE Reuters UK) - Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident the U.S. economic recovery will be durable, but do not see employment or inflation picking up soon, minutes from their November meeting showed.Senior Fed officials, meeting on November 3-4, also expressed concern their plans...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:45:54 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:22:11 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:11:51 -0800 Reuters UK) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and fellow Monetary Policy Committee members Paul Tucker, Paul Fisher, Adam Posen and Andrew Sentance took questions on the November Inflation Report from the Commons' Treasury Committee on Tuesday. Following are highlights from the session.KING ON NEED FOR STIMULUS"If private...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:00:49 -0800 Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans expects U.S. unemployment to peak at around 10.5 percent next spring and hopefully easing to about 9.5 percent by end-2010, according to comments published on Monday."The best guess would be that we will probably plateau in the spring," the Financial Times...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:41 -0800 Reuters) - Gold hit a record high at $1,167.45 an ounce on Monday as dollar weakness pushed the metal through key technical resistance levels, fuelling momentum buying after the metal's sharp run higher earlier this month.Spot gold was bid at $1,165.45 an ounce at 1002 GMT (5:02...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:45:23 -0800 Reuters UK) - Gold hit a record high at $1,167.45 an ounce on Monday as dollar weakness pushed the metal through key technical resistance levels, fuelling momentum buying after the metal's sharp run higher earlier this month.Spot gold was bid at $1,165.45 an ounce at 10:02 a.m.,...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:45:34 -0800 Reuters) - A group of U.S. business economists boosted their forecast for economic growth over the next year, but said the jobless rate will remain stubbornly high, a survey released on Monday showed.The National Association for Business Economists predicted real growth in gross domestic product for 2010 would be...]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:30:32 -0800 Reuters UK) - Senior U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday inflation is not an immediate threat as a weak economic recovery and a grim outlook for jobs keep price pressures in check.Charles Plosser, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:50 -0800 Reuters) - Senior U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday inflation is not an immediate threat as a weak economic recovery and a grim outlook for jobs keep price pressures in check.Charles Plosser, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Richard...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Thursday said inflation is not an imminent threat and downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar.Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser and Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher both said the U.S....]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:43 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Thursday said inflation is not an imminent threat and downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar.Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser and Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher both said the U.S. recovery...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:30:16 -0800 Reuters UK) - World No. 2 brewer SABMiller Plc SAB expects a second-half boost from currency movements and a fall in the cost of inputs such as barley after price rises and cost cuts pushed up its first-half profits.The London-based brewer of Miller Lite, Peroni and Grolsch...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:45:31 -0800 ABI ABI