Mr Osborne said that recent months - which have seen more upbeat reports on the economy - had "decisively ended" questions about his economic policy.
Iran's state news media matter-of-factly reported the embassy bombing, quickly moving on to the more upbeat theme of the nuclear negotiations set to resume on Wednesday.
"The outlook for 2014 is significantly more upbeat," the report concluded.
Investors even offered a negative response to a more upbeat earnings report from Bank of America saying that its revenue had doubled from a year earlier and its first-quarter profit had risen to $4.2 billion.
Wal-Mart Stores, the nation's largest retailer by far, reported quarterly results on Thursday that its executives said reflected a strained consumer, adding a sober note to more upbeat earnings reports from other retailers this week.
A pickup in Chinese manufacturing, expectations for low interests and more upbeat earnings reports helped U.S. stocks to moderate gains on Wednesday.
A more upbeat case study from the report concerned the Renewable Energy Corporation, a Norwegian company.
The Dow hit its highest level since January on Thursday as better-than-expected home sales data and more upbeat corporate earnings reports pushed stocks up more than 2%.
William Spriggs, the A.F.L.- C.I.O.'s chief economist, took a more upbeat approach to the report, noting that the bureau had found increased union membership in California, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas.
