AFP - Global stocks saw mixed fortunes Thursday with many investors remaining cautious about the outlook for the US economy despite the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate cut, dealers said.

AP - Manufacturers saw demand for their products edge up in September, after dropping sharply in the previous month.

FT.com - October marked a record 50th consecutive month of employment growth in the US and the economy is in its sixth year of uninterrupted expansion.

FT.com - Oil prices retreated on Monday after hitting a record above $96 a barrel on Friday while gold held above the key $800 level amid renewed concerns about the outlook for the US economy after Citigroup (NYSE:C) became the latest investment bank to report gigantic losses related to the sub-prime crisis.

FT.com - The dollar fell to a record low against the euro on Tuesday as worries over the state of the US economy continued to weigh on the currency.

AP - Worker productivity surged in the summer at the fastest pace in four years while wage pressures eased.

AP - The number of laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in a month, even though wildfires added to the unemployment rolls in California.

AFP - The euro hit a fresh record high against the dollar Friday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke painted a gloomy picture of the US economy, dealers said.

AP - German investor confidence has sunk to its lowest level for more than 14 years as the subprime lending crisis fuels expectations of a 'considerable economic downturn' in the United States, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.

AFP - US President George W. Bush predicted in an interview Tuesday that the battered US dollar will get stronger because the US economy is robust.

AP - The Federal Reserve injected a fresh infusion of $47.25 billion into the U.S. financial system on Thursday, reflecting normal operations as money flows into and leaves the market.

Reuters - Industrial production unexpectedly fell in October, logging a 0.5 percent decrease, as output shrank at factories, mines and utilities, a Federal Reserve report on Friday showed.

Reuters - China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) president Fu Chengyu said on Saturday he knew nothing about a reported deal for Royal Dutch Shell Group's (RDSa.L) oil assets in Australia's North West Shelf oil and gas project.

Reuters - Japan's prime minister said on Sunday that he does not see the deepening U.S. housing slump and credit crisis triggering a global recession.

Reuters - China has ordered banks to limit their lending until the end of the year as part of efforts to keep investment under control and prevent the world's fourth-largest economy from overheating, sources said on Monday.

AFP - Asian stocks trimmed losses Tuesday as investors took the view that a recent global sell-off was overdone, despite lingering concerns about the outlook for the US economy, dealers said.

Reuters - The U.S. economic mood took a sharp turn for the worse over the past month, with 40 percent of Americans expecting a recession in the next year, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

FT.com - Asian shares were broadly lower on Thursday as worries deepened about the state of the US economy and its effects on global growth after home prices fell in a third of US cities.

FT.com - Global markets are reflecting unease that a deteriorating US economy, which comprises about 25 per cent of total world activity, could torpedo the notion that Asia and other countries can 'decouple' from a sickly North America.

AFP - The euro crept higher on Monday after striking a series of historic peaks close to 1.50 dollars last week as dealers worried about the health of the US economy.

Reuters - Goldman Sachs on Tuesday slashed its target for the expected trough in U.S. benchmark interest rates by a full percentage point, citing an increased probability of recession and the likelihood of a prolonged period of sluggish performance for the U.S. economy.

FT.com - Japanese equities fell on Wednesday, sapped by a fragile outlook for the US economy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 average snapped a three-session advance, losing 0.5 per cent to end at 15,153.78. The broader Topix index was also down, by a more modest 0.2 per cent at 1,475.

AFP - The US economy surged at a 4.9 percent pace in the third quarter ahead of the impact of credit and housing ills, the government said Thursday in a revised estimate of gross domestic product (GDP).

Reuters - Consumer spending inched up by an unexpectedly small 0.2 percent last month and construction spending tumbled, according to reports on Friday that heightened concerns on the health of the economy.