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* European shares dip but head for weekly gains of 4 percent * Oil falls back below $103 * BOJ confirms commitment to bold policy * Dollar eases as markets await Q1 GDP figure * Wall Street set to open lower By Marc Jones LONDON, April 26 (Reuters)...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic may adopt the euro around the year 2020, opposition leader Bohuslav Sobotka, the favourite to become prime minister after next year's election, said on Thursday. The Czech Republic does not have any euro adoption...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. The Office for National Statistics said on...

By John Balassi April 25 (IFR) - Stock futures point to a decent open on Thursday for the equity and credit markets, which are also bolstered by the UK reporting better-than-expected first-quarter GDP of 0.3% and avoiding another recession. The US high-...

* Rise in UK GDP lifts sterling, gilt yields * World shares gain for a 5th day on central bank hopes * Dollar under pressure from disappointing U.S. data * Gold, copper oil recover week's losses By Richard Hubbard LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) -...

* Weak U.S. durable goods orders pressure dollar * British GDP expected to confirm global economic weakness * Euro gets support from falls in Italian, Spanish yields * Gold, oil recover on hopes of more central bank support By Richard Hubbard LONDON,...

(Corrects time of UK GDP release to 0830 GMT) * Weak U.S. durable goods orders pressure dollar * British GDP expected to confirm global economic weakness * Euro gets support from falls in Italian, Spanish yields * Gold, oil recover on hopes of more...

* Rise in UK GDP lift sterling, UK shares dip * Dollar under pressure from disappointing U.S. data * Gold, oil recover on hopes of more central bank support By Richard Hubbard LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Surprisingly strong British growth lifted...

WASHINGTON -- An insistent question of our time is how much government debt is too much. Is there some debt level that becomes crushing as opposed to merely costly? The controversy over research by economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff shows how...

One of the most fearsome statistics in the war against the federal deficit has always been the country's ratio of debt to gross domestic product. When this ratio reaches 90%, the argument goes, watch out -- lower economic growth is on the horizon. And...

In response to your editorial "Put up or shut up" (April 11), I just have one question: What part of economics don't you understand? You mention that the president wants to "reduce deficits to a manageable size." Yet in his budget he proposes growing...

WASHINGTON -- There is something profoundly timid about President Obama's proposed $3.778 trillion budget for 2014. Stripped of boasts about "investments" for the future and a responsible "balance" between deficit reduction and economic growth, the budget...