Times (UK): The American president heads into the G20 meeting having been told by his top advisers that the US economy is showing signs of recovery. Sales of new homes rose 4.7% last month, durable-goods orders were up, the stock market is at least sitting up in its sick bed, and applications for mortgages soared as mortgage rates fell to a low of about 4.5% for 30-year fixed-rate loans. Many of these applications are aimed at refinancing existing, higher-rate mortgages, but as one administration …