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Central bankers from around the world are starting to focus on how to unwind the policies they used to fight the global financial crisis.

Ben S. Bernanke offered his most hopeful assessment of the economic situation in more than a year.

The United States economy is out of the emergency room and appears to be on a slow path to recovery, Warren Buffett wrote in an opinion column in the New York Times.

Stocks slipped, hobbled again by concerns about the ability of China's economy to act as a catalyst for global recovery.

The global economic recovery has begun but sustaining it will require refocusing the United States toward exports and Asia toward imports, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist said.

The country's return to growth is a strong signal that a corner has been turned in the global crisis.

Disappointing performance underscores concerns about the timing and durability of a recovery.

Germany and France enjoyed a shock return to economic growth in the second quarter of the year, data showed on Thursday, ending their recessions earlier than many policymakers and economists had expected.

Two years ago, the housing virus passed into the banking system -- and the Fed and ECB rushed to administer medicine. Although the patient may be out of danger, he isn't healthy yet, David Wessel writes.

The government says the number of newly-laid off workers seeking unemployment insurance fell last week, fresh evidence that layoffs are easing.