The strength of car sales is making some economists practically giddy. Car sales made up half of national economic growth in the first quarter, ac...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.29.2012
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3 percent in the final three months of 2011, the best pace in a year and a half. But that gro...
Carol Roth | Posted 04.16.2012
Prosperity and continued growth in our nation will not happen by trying to redistribute wealth or reclaim unskilled jobs; we need to adopt a life-long learning mentality and adapt to the changes in front of us.
HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 01.27.2012
At a time that the U.S. economy is struggling to pick up steam, Americans are struggling just to keep up. Over the last three months of last year,...
Reuters | Posted 03.02.2012
It's up to the consumer to drive the U.S. economy and lift world growth in 2012, and the outlook is far from encouraging. Over the past three and h...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.22.2012
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew more slowly over the summer than the government had earlier estimated because businesses cut back more sharpl...
AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 12.09.2011
STOCKHOLM — Researchers who study economic growth and how technology helps drive long-term development are among the top contenders for the Nobe...
AP | Posted 11.20.2011
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund is sharply downgrading its outlook for the U.S. economy through 2012 because of weak growth and con...
Posted 11.19.2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday that comprehensive tax reform is necessary to make the United States a b...
Posted 08.17.2011
NEW YORK (Leah Schnurr) - Consumer sentiment worsened this month, although a gauge of future economic activity rose in May, presenting a picture o...
Posted 08.17.2011
SAO PAULO (Luciana Lopez) - The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-rid...
Posted 08.14.2011
Major economies, with the exception of the United States, are losing momentum as the outlook for growth worsens in European and developing countri...
Reuters | Posted 07.02.2011
A record-low one in four U.S. teenagers will land a summer job in the coming months as a result of a still-poor job market and lost federal fundin...
AP | Posted 06.05.2011
PARIS -- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says the outlook for economic growth in the United States and other major economies...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The nation's economic growth tailed off sharply in the spring and probably isn't faring any better now. Gross domestic product &nd...
Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON (AP, MARTIN CRUTSINGER) -- China and other emerging powers are offsetting weakness in the United States and Europe and will likely lift the...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The recession was deeper than the government previously thought. The Commerce Department, in revisions issued Friday, estimates the ...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Americans are pulling back on their spending, a trend that could slow the economic recovery if it continues. A sharp drop in retai...
Reuters | Pedro Nicolaci Da Costa | Posted 05.25.2011
A dismal job market, a crippled real estate sector and hobbled banks will keep a lid on U.S. economic growth over the coming decade, some of the nati...
Posted 05.14.2012