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"Fiscal cliff" could cause U.S. recession: CBO
22 May 2012 at 4:18pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stalemate over how to tackle a series of fiscal deadlines at year's end would likely push the United States economy into recession in the first half of next year, the Congressional Budget Office warned on Tuesday. A wave of U.S. tax hikes and automatic spending cuts - dubbed the "fiscal cliff" - are set to take effect in January unless Congress and the White House agree on ways to delay or revise at least some of them. The CBO, the official budget and economic analyst for lawmakers, said the U.S. economy would contract at an annual rate of 1. ...

Hollande set for EU summit showdown with Merkel
22 May 2012 at 4:08pm

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will explore ways of breathing life into their stricken economies at a summit on Wednesday, but the issue of euro-zone bonds and whether they can help alleviate two years of debt turmoil will dominate the meeting. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain, where the economy and banking system are at the frontline of the crisis, will meet newly elected French President Francois Hollande in Paris ahead of the evening summit to discuss policy positions - a marked shift away from the traditional Franco-German axis. ...

Europe came under mounting pressure Tuesday to take action to boost growth as the OECD warned that the eurozone crisis has worsened and poses the greatest risk to a recovery for the global economy.

ECONOMIC SUMMIT: The leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union are gathering in Brussels to try and find a way to contain the debt crisis in Europe.

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday increased its goals for returns on assets and shareholder payouts while executives pledged to carefully manage risk throughout the company's sweeping operations. The fourth-largest U.S. bank by assets is aiming for a return on assets of 1.3 to 1.6 percent, depending on the economic and regulatory environment, Chief Financial Officer Tim Sloan said at the beginning of an investor day for analysts in New York. The San Francisco-based bank has emerged from the financial crisis as one of the strongest U.S. ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation fell to its lowest in more than two years in April, raising the prospect that the Bank of England will be able to inject more stimulus later this year to support the economy. The Office for National Statistics said consumer price inflation eased to 3.0 percent in April from 3.5 percent in March, freeing BoE Governor Mervyn King from the obligation to write an explanatory letter to finance minister George Osborne. ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday as signs of a deal between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran on Tehran's nuclear program eased fears of oil supply disruptions, while the euro zone debt crisis continued to threaten economic growth. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano said he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to boost cooperation with the investigation into Tehran's nuclear activity, although differences remained. ...

Just as investors were getting used to a steady diet of worrying news about the global economy, along came an encouraging report on the housing market.