As banks refused to lend, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson proposed a plan to loosen credit markets by buying risky assets.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

"Emerging markets are as victim to the world meltdown as any other economy and there are no exceptions."

VOA: special.2009.12.04

As it happens, the plan was announced on May sixth -- the same day as the "flash crash" on American stock markets.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

As white settlers moved west, they began to hunt the animal for skins to sell in eastern markets.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Often,they sang about the long ride to the cattle markets where the cows were sold for beef, as in this song called, "Git Along Little Dogie."

VOA: special.2010.03.25

Last week,U.S.markets slid sharply as several prominent senators from both major political parties announced their opposition to Bernanke's reconfirmation.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

As markets have rallied worldwide, China's move appears to have brought a ripple of hope, in what has been a sea of uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

World markets continue their downward spiral as investors try to gauge the direction of the global economy.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The Anglo-Australian miner,however, warns that markets could remain volatile as governments start to end their stimulus programs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

And as a result,stock markets in the U.S.fell sharply because investors are afraid that there is more regulatory risk in the financial system.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Other critics say some countries are reluctant to seek an emergency loan because it could be viewed as a stigma by the financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

But some economists say the higher wages will not affect China's competitiveness, in the long term, as companies are likely to move inland to tap cheaper labor markets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

He told VOA that requires assisting small farmers in getting access to seed and fertilizers and also providing them with the infrastructure, such as good roads, for getting their produce to markets.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

In particularly blunt criticism, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek of the Czech Republic, which currently holds the EU presidency, blasted the Obama administration's stimulus plan as "a way to hell" and a threat to world financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"It is a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports, and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"It is a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports, and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products."

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"Some positive signals have appeared in the last weeks, including the evolution of the financial markets, improvement in business expectations and some real indicators, such as export data in Asia,pointing, all of them, to a stabilization of the economy in the second part of this year and a gradual recovering in 2010,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.04