IMF raises global growth forecast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6916195.stm

25 July 2007

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecast for growth in the global economy for this year.

US economy sees stronger growth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6919277.stm

27 July 2007

The US economy grew faster than expected over the past three months, figures have shown, recording the best quarterly performance since early 2006.

Growth picks up, inflation tame

http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/news/economy/gdp/index.htm

July 27 2007

Economic growth picked in the second quarter while inflation remained tame, the government reported Friday - a balance that could give the Federal Reserve the freedom to cut interest rates if problems in the housing and credit markets put a big dent in growth the rest of the year.

Economy Growth Is Best in a Year

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5649856

July 27, 2007

The economy snapped out of a lethargic spell and grew at a 3.4 percent pace in the second quarter, the strongest showing in more than a year. A revival in business spending was a main force behind the energized performance.

Analysts Expect 3 Percent Economic Growth

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12249354

July 27, 2007

The government will release its first estimate of how fast the economy grew in the second quarter Friday. Economists estimate that the economy bounced back from very slow growth in the first quarter to more than 3 percent in the second.

Capital Structure Flaw of Public Corporations

The issue is not whether "growth" is a flawed concept. Growth itself is a vague term that has a wide variety of meanings from individual to individual and is generally viewed as "a good thing"; however, the emphasis of compounding growth as a national economic policy measured by the Dow Jones Average or Gross National Product may not encompass all the desired attributes of growth.