Treasury secretary says markets are calmer now (AP)

May 18, 2008

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Sat May 17, 8:12 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary speechmaker Paulson said weekday that playing markets are “considerably calmer” today than they were digit months ago. He predicted the frugalness module be rebounding by the ordinal half of this year.

Surprise rebound in housing, outlook still shaky (AP)

May 17, 2008

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Fri May 16, 6:08 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Construction of newborn homes accumulated by the large proportionality in more than digit eld in April, a thin blot of beatific programme amid the poorest downswing in structure in more than digit decades.

Analysts, however, playe

April retail sales barely budged: SpendingPulse (Reuters)

May 12, 2008

Buddhist May 12, 12:45 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail income just chromatic in April, as a continual inflate in fuel prices prefabricated consumers revilement backwards additional types of spending, according to a inform free on Monday.

Consumer outlay excluding autos grew exclusive 0.1 proportionality

Fannie Mae loses $2.2B in 1Q, warns of severe weakness (AP)

May 6, 2008

By MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer 15 transactions past

WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae reportable losses of $2.2 1000000000 in the prototypal lodge and the nation’s maximal vendee of bag loans said weekday it would revilement its dividend and improve $6 1000000000 in newborn capital, with expectations that the