Economy

The growth play from September has spilled over into October, although cross-currents are apparent and volatility should be expected. Economic news...

The September growth play picked up speed at the end of the week, as markets liked stronger than expected US business investment data from August...

Today, the Fed widened the door further toward easing monetary policy (presumably in the form of additional quantitative easing). The Fed's shift...

Today, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced in a statement that the recession that began in December of 2007 had ended in June of 2009...

With Congress back in session, the mid-term election right around the corner, and a looming expiration, the debate of the 2001-2003 tax cuts is...

Action this week has been in the stock and currency markets. “Stocks are on a September roll” ( Wall Street Journal), as the US growth play continues...

Nobody's breaking out the champagne for this anniversary. On this day two years ago, the collapse of Lehman Brothers turned an already bad-looking...

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the number of workers seeking disability benefits from Social Security’s Disability Insurance Program has...

The “Orszag Plan” laid out by former OMB director Peter Orszag in his inaugural New York Times column argues that we should extend the tax cuts for...

US markets this week continue to reflect a modest growth play despite uninspiring data. Safe haven concerns from abroad and deflation worries have...

We are heading into the Labor Day weekend with persistent labor market weakness and great uncertainty over the direction of the economy. This is a...

The FDIC has just released its Quarterly Banking Profile (QBP) for the second quarter of 2010, showing improvement in bank balance sheets since last...