With tax rates returning to more normal levels from the rollback of Bush era tax cuts, and Republicans giving up on denying debt ceiling increases until April in order to force government spending cuts, there seem to be very few domestic factors to hold back more robust growth.

The U.S. now seems to be entering a virtuous growth cycle just because we didn't follow the advice of the confidence fairies.

We're well aware of the case for investing in emerging markets. However, investor excitement is ignoring the fact that short-term cyclical factors can overshadow long-term structural trends

WASHINGTON — Production from the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose more than expected in July, with the first gain in nine months dri...

WASHINGTON — Big industry production plunged in September by the most since late 1974, largely reflecting fallout from hurricanes Gustav and Ike...