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Economy’s Trajectory: Slow Down, Surge Forth, Grow Steadily, Repeat

The U.S. economy is continuing on a roller-coaster ride that marked its performance in recent years: A sharp slowdown early in the year, followed by a surge and then a glide through year’s end.

Yellen Expects Rate Increase This Year

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen argued the case for raising short-term interest rates later this year, effectively lobbing a warning to skittish financial markets that last week’s decision to keep rates near zero wasn’t a shift toward an interminable delay of liftoff.

Global Markets Rebound on Yellen Speech

Yellen Seen by EMT Staff After Speech

Fed Declines to Comment on Yellen’s Health

A Federal Reserve spokeswoman declined to say if Chairwoman Janet Yellen resumed a normal work schedule or sought follow-up medical attention a day after she appeared ill near the end of a long speech in Amherst, Mass.

Real-Estate ‘Pocket Listings’ Go Mainstream

Selling a home without advertising to the public, long popular with celebrities and the wealthy, is gaining credence in major U.S. cities as the housing market heats up and inventory remains tight.

U.S. New-Home Sales Up 5.7% in August

Four World Leaders to Watch on Climate Change

Two months before world leaders gather to hammer out a global climate agreement in Paris, four of the top figures shaping the outcome are in the U.S. this week, each with his own particular viewpoints on climate change and what to do about it.

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  Following an uptick in inflation in August, Colombia’s central bank increased its benchmark borrowing rate 25 basis points to 4.75%. WSJ PRO
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Following an uptick in inflation in August, Colombia’s central bank increased its benchmark borrowing rate 25 basis points to 4.75%. WSJ PRO

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