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Posted: 5/17/2013 11:16:49 AM EST
In this picture taken on Friday May 10, 2013, Syrian economist Abdullah al-Dardari, a chief economist at the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar Assad's government, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, In Beirut, Lebanon. Al-Dardari tells The Associated Press in a rare interview that his six-member expert team has been overwhelmed with requests for the reconstruction plan to support the Kerry-Lavrov initiative on the off chance it would succeed. A group of economists led by one of Syria's top reformists are feverishly drawing up a comprehensive post-war reconstruction plan, even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:24:16 AM EST
In this picture taken on Friday May 10, 2013, Syrian economist Abdullah al-Dardari, a chief economist at the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar Assad's government, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, In Beirut, Lebanon. Al-Dardari tells The Associated Press in a rare interview that his six-member expert team has been overwhelmed with requests for the reconstruction plan to support the Kerry-Lavrov initiative on the off chance it would succeed. A group of economists led by one of Syria's top reformists are feverishly drawing up a comprehensive post-war reconstruction plan, even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:24:16 AM EST
In this picture taken on Friday May 10, 2013, Syrian economist Abdullah al-Dardari, a chief economist at the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar Assad's government, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, In Beirut, Lebanon. Al-Dardari tells The Associated Press in a rare interview that his six-member expert team has been overwhelmed with requests for the reconstruction plan to support the Kerry-Lavrov initiative on the off chance it would succeed. A group of economists led by one of Syria's top reformists are feverishly drawing up a comprehensive post-war reconstruction plan, even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 3:11:07 AM EST
A woman who just bought toilet paper at a grocery store reads her receipt as she leaves the private store in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities _ toilet paper. Economists say Venezuela's shortages stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poorest parts of society and the government's controls on foreign currency. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 2:13:26 AM EST
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, Egyptian day laborers wait for employers on a street in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only let the government put off painful economic reform. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 2:13:26 AM EST
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, an Egyptian boy takes a free ride by hanging on the gate of a passing pickup truck on a street in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only let the government put off painful economic reform. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 2:13:26 AM EST
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, an Egyptian street vendor feeds his sheep that are offered for sale in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only let the government put off painful economic reform. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 2:13:26 AM EST
An Egyptian driver with his face reflected in a side mirror queues for fuel near an overcrowded gas station in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only let the government put off painful economic reform. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 2:13:26 AM EST
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, Egyptian vendors unload their cart for a costumer in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only let the government put off painful economic reform. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Posted: 4/26/2013 2:13:26 AM EST
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, Egyptian day laborers wait for employers at a street in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only let the government put off painful economic reform. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:13:30 PM EST
In this Thursday, April 4, 2013, photo, trader Anthony Riccio, left, and specialist Peter Giacchi work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks dropped sharply on Wall Street, Friday, April 5, 2013, after the government reported that U.S. employers added the fewest jobs in nine months in March and more people gave up looking for work. The report was worse than economists were expecting. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 12:53:26 PM EST
FILE - In this Thursday, March 28, 2013, file photo, Trader John Panin, left, and James Denaro consult on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, March 28, 2013. Stocks edged lower on Wall Street Monday morning after an industry group reported that U.S. manufacturing growth cooled in March and was weaker than economists had forecast. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 3/19/2013 4:28:29 AM EST
FILE - The Federal Reserve Building is seen in Washington Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 file photo. Don't expect the Federal Reserve to let up in its drive to keep stimulating the economy with record-low interest rates. Not yet, anyway. That's the view of economists as Fed policymakers hold a two-day meeting that starts Tuesday March 19, 2013. On Wednesday, the Fed will issue a policy statement and update its economic forecasts, and Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a news conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 11:13:31 AM EST
FILE- In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, file photo, shipping containers are seen as port operations are halted during a strike at the Port of Los Angeles. The U.S. economy grew at a 0.1 percent annual rate from October through December, the weakest performance in nearly two years. But economists believe a steady housing rebound and solid spending by consumers and businesses are pushing growth higher in the current quarter. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Posted: 2/28/2013 11:13:31 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 photo, Charlie Kline, left, works on a machine affixed with a "Made in the U.S.A." plate at the FesslerUSA apparel manufacture in Orwigsburg, Pa. The U.S. economy grew at a 0.1 percent annual rate from October through December, the weakest performance in nearly two years. But economists believe a steady housing rebound and solid spending by consumers and businesses are pushing growth higher in the current quarter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Posted: 2/16/2013 12:53:20 PM EST
In this Feb. 1, 2013 photo, a couple looks at the price of a new vehicle that has already been sold, parked next to other already sold cars on display at a Volkswagen salesroom in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela may be the only country in the world where a new car becomes more expensive the instant it's driven off the dealership lot. The price reversal, many economists say, is the result of President Hugo Chavez’s socialist-oriented economic controls. New cars have become so scarce that many showrooms sit nearly empty and would-be buyers must sign up on long waiting lists. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Posted: 2/1/2013 12:18:42 PM EST
People protest outside the government pension headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Puerto Rico is confronting what economists and financial analysts say is a ticking fiscal time bomb: A public pension system with a $37.3 billion unfunded liability that must be addressed soon. Nearly three years ago, former Gov. Fortuno established a committee charged with solving the pension fund's fiscal problems, noting that the overall system was paying $679 million more a year than what it received in contributions. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
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Posted: 2/1/2013 12:18:41 PM EST
A retiree carries a sign that reads in Spanish “Do not play with my pension” during a protest outside the government pension headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Puerto Rico is confronting what economists and financial analysts say is a ticking fiscal time bomb: A public pension system with a $37.3 billion unfunded liability that must be addressed soon, at a time when the U.S. island territory's government has little money to spare, or thousands of retirees could start to see benefit cuts. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 9:07:33 AM EST
Job seekers listen to a social media expert during a job fair in New York, January 10, 2013. Private-sector employers added 192,000 jobs in January, more than economists were expecting, in a sign of growth in the labor market, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Posted: 1/30/2013 9:07:33 AM EST
Job seekers listen to a social media expert during a job fair in New York, January 10, 2013. Private-sector employers added 192,000 jobs in January, more than economists were expecting, in a sign of growth in the labor market, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
