Ed Miliband calls for a culture of “one nation banking” in which financial institutions are not “isolated” from the rest of the economy and society.

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Miliband ‘one nation’ bank call

Folks, these are your Republican candidates on drugs. Yes, we know that jobs and the economy are the marquee issues for this campaign. Even major topics such as war and education are getting short shrift among the wannabe nominees. Read full article > >

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The Republican candidates on drugs

One analyst says that even with signs of cooling growth, “the basic structure of the economy is still O.K.”

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Chinese Economic Growth Slipped Again in 4th Quarter

Last month, Rudolph Giuliani was lavishly complimenting the background and intellect of Mitt Romney, against whom he ran for president in 2008. “Governor Romney has almost a perfect record for a person to be running right now: experience in government, … understands the economy,” Giuliani said of the Republican presidential front-runner during a CNN interview. Read full article > >

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Will Mitt Romney follow candidates who failed to connect (and failed to win)?

A monthly survey showed consumers’ confidence in the economy surged in December and was near a post-recession peak, although home prices fell in October in most major U.S. cities.

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Confidence Rises Sharply, but Home Prices Fall

After a difficult summer and a contentious fall, President Obama’s job-approval ratings are showing signs of improvement — a crucial indicator of his reelection chances as he seeks to overcome voters’ doubts about his economic stewardship. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that Americans are still broadly disapproving of Obama’s handling of the economy and jobs, the top issues, but that views of his overall performance have recovered among key groups, including independents, young adults and seniors. Read full article > >

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Obama’s job-approval rating is highest since summer, Post-ABC poll finds

President Obama has decided that he is more likely to win if the election is about big things rather than small ones. He hopes to turn the 2012 campaign from a plebiscite about the current state of the economy into a referendum about the broader progressive tradition that made us a middle-class nation. For the second time, he intends to stake his fate on a battle for the future. Read full article > >

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The head of the Office for Budget Responsibility defends its forecasts for growth in the economy after MPs accuse it of getting them “horribly wrong”.

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Watchdog defends economy forecast

The high salaries of UK executives are “corrosive” to the economy and undermine productivity, the High Pay Commission claims.

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Executives’ high pay ‘corrosive’

The government is using the eurozone crisis as a smokescreen to hide inaction on the economy, Ed Miliband tells a Labour Party conference.

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Eurozone crisis ‘a cloak’ for PM

At a moment when the fragility of the economy ranks at the top of American concerns , sharp differences have begun to emerge in how the leading GOP presidential contenders would solve the problem — illuminating not only a diversity in approach, but a striking contrast in the candidates’ governing philosophies. Read full article > >

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Republican candidates offer a diverse set of economic plans

BUENOS AIRES — Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner , whose first two years as president were marred by protests and tumbling ratings, made a dramatic turnaround on the back of Argentina’s fast-growing economy and scored a landslide reelection victory Sunday, according to early official returns. With the economy having grown 9 percent last year, Fernandez de Kirchner crushed a fractured opposition that fielded six opponents, all of whom trailed her by at least 35 percentage points. With 53 percent of Argentines voting for her, according to exit polls, Fernandez de Kirchner’s margin of victory is the widest in a presidential election since democracy replaced a brutal military dictatorship in 1983. Read full article > >

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is reelected

In a grim sign of the enduring nature of the economic slump, a new report shows that despite some improvement in the economy, household incomes have lagged.

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Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling

Mitt Romney’s Mormonism was on the minds of many Saturday morning. Except, perhaps, on the mind of Mitt Romney. At an annual summit of Christian conservatives in Washington, the former Massachusetts governor and frontrunner for the GOP’s presidential nomination sharply criticized President Obama’s handling of the economy, health care and foreign policy. Read full article > >

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At values summit, Romney keeps focus on Obama

Ed Miliband urges the coalition to “change course” on the economy, as Labour’s annual conference gets under way in Liverpool.

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Miliband urges U-turn on economy