The debt ceiling debate is a manufactured crisis. The drive by conservatives to cripple government spending, deregulate whole industries, and emphasize military power over social spending has only made us weaker overseas and at home.

Here's some maybe-good news for job seekers: it seems like a lot of people are managing to switch careers these days. More than half of all job ope...

The recession that struck the U.S. in 2007 has cost consumers about $7,300 each in lost spending, according to a San Francisco Federal Reserve economi...

Even as the economy continues to grow, unemployment could rise over the next year to as high as 10.1 percent, according to a new paper by the San Fran...

WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen, the president's pick to be the second-highest ranking official at the Federal Reserve, acknowledged Thursday that reg...

A top Federal Reserve official warned Monday that even as the economy starts to grow again, employers are likely to continue squeezing more productivi...