The housing recovery continues to edge its way forward. Lower rates are helping the recovery to get some traction, but the process is slower than usual
The economy's recovering at a modest pace that would not mandate the early "tapering" of QE; the share market managed to finish in the black after a two-week losing streak.
The US share market managed to rise despite a late wobble when analysts fretted about a possible "taper" in the Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing.