The Euro may advance as Germany’s Unemployment rate drops to 7.6 percent, matching a nearly two-decade low and boosting hopes that the Euro Zone’s largest economy can keep the region-wide recovery on pace.

The ECB's latest private-sector lending figures are a mixed bag for the euro zone economy, with loans to households on the rise but lending to businesses still below year-ago levels.

SERIOUS MONEY:THE DELUGE of economic data that has fallen short of market expectations has been relentless in recent weeks. It is now certain that the US economy suffered a material slowdown in economic growth towards the end of the second quarter.

U.S. spending on home improvement projects may rebound modestly this year as a gradually improving economy and a more stable housing market boost confidence, Fitch Ratings said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON – Consumer loan delinquencies showed broad-based improvement for the third quarter in a row, a sign of continued modest improvement in the U.S. economy, according to the American Bankers Association’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin.