Martin Crutsinger

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FILE - In this Wednesday, April 17, 2013, file photo, Ford's Flat Rock Assembly Plant employees cheer as the millionth Ford Mustang is driven off the assembly line in Flat Rock, Mich. The government issues its second estimate of worker productivity and labor costs for the April-June quarter on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

US worker productivity up at 2.3 percent rate

Martin Crutsinger · September 5, 2013 2:00 pm

Highlights from the Fed’s US economic survey

Martin Crutsinger · September 4, 2013 8:08 pm

Fed survey finds US economy growing moderately

Martin Crutsinger · September 4, 2013 7:19 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, file photo, a container ship moves through Charleston Harbor to the South Carolina State Ports Authority's Wando Terminal in Mount Pleasant, S.C. The government reports on the U.S. trade deficit for July, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

US trade deficit widens to $39.1 billion in July

Martin Crutsinger · September 4, 2013 3:26 pm

US construction spending up 0.6 percent in July

Martin Crutsinger · September 3, 2013 2:42 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2010, file photo, Kim Miller shops for clothes in St. Louis. On Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, the Commerce Department said that consumer spending rose just 0.1 percent in July from the previous month. Thatâs slower than Juneâs 0.6 percent increase. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

US consumer spending up weak 0.1 percent in July

Martin Crutsinger · August 30, 2013 2:05 pm

Fed’s IG says central bank violated document rules

Martin Crutsinger · August 29, 2013 10:20 pm

IRS issues tax rules for married gay couples

Martin Crutsinger · August 29, 2013 8:47 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 file photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, right, a chassis assembly line supervisor, checks a vehicle on the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit. The U.S. economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate from April through June, much faster than previously estimated, according to data released Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, by the Commerce Department. The steep revision was largely because U.S. companies exported more goods and imports declined. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Stronger US growth may lead Fed to slow bond buys

Martin Crutsinger · August 29, 2013 8:37 pm

US economy grew at 2.5 percent rate in spring

Associated Press, Martin Crutsinger · August 29, 2013 12:00 am

Fed says big banks must improve financial cushions

Martin Crutsinger · August 19, 2013 8:59 pm

FILE - In this July 1, 2013 file photo, bottles of Brooklyn Local 2, a Belgian-inspired Dark Abbey Ale, are loaded on to a conveyor for labeling, at the Brooklyn Brewery, in the Williamsburg section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Federal Reserve reports on output from U.S. factories, mines and utilities in July on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

US manufacturing output slipped 0.1 pct. in July

Martin Crutsinger · August 15, 2013 2:03 pm