Stock markets worldwide rise on hopes of US economic recovery
Friday, August 21, 2009
Stock indexes worldwide rose on Friday, after US bank chief Ben Bernanke said that the US economy was starting to recover from the recession.
Addressing a conference in Wyoming, the bank chief said that "the prospects for a return to growth in the near term appear good."
He added, however, that "the economic recovery is likely to be relatively slow at first, with...