NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The government approved the first ever natural gas export facility in the lower 48 states on Monday, clearing the way for a project that could be a significant job creator. Read More

Dennis Gartman of the Gartman Letter explains why now may be the time for a stock market pullback. Read More

Barack Obama’s lead over Mitt Romney has narrowed from 12 points last month to a 49% to 45% advantage, with voters rating the economy and jobs as the issues that are “very important” to their vote. Some hot-button social issues, like gay marriage and birth control, rank at the bottom of the list of voter concerns. Read More

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The outlook for the global economy has improved, but there are still major risks that policymakers need to address, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. Read More

At the Institute  for New Economic Thinking conference in Berlin, economist Joe Stiglitz delivered a presentation titled Is  Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? China, Germany, and Japan and the Exhaustion of  Debtor Countries. Read More

On Saturday The Times reported on an apparently growing phenomenon in Europe: “suicide by economic crisis,” people taking their own lives in despair over unemployment and business failure. It was a heartbreaking story. Read More

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Americans splurged on a wide range of goods and services for the third straight month, suggesting the U.S. economy grew somewhat faster than expected in the first quarter. Read More

Swiss bank Credit Suisse could announce the loss of up to 5,000 jobs in its investment banking business at its forthcoming first-quarter results, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday. Read More

U.S. consumer sentiment slipped modestly in early April as higher gasoline priceshit household budgets, but optimism over the economic outlook lifted consumers’ expectations, a survey released on Friday showed. Read More

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — China’s economic growth lost more momentum at the beginning of the year, but experts aren’t too worried that the slowdown will continue for long. Read More