Goldman Sachs has cut its forecast for U.S. second-quarter growth to 1.5 percent from 2 percent, citing weak consumer spending. The downgrade f...

Markets stumbled and economists darkened their forecasts as a dismal jobs report underscored that the U.S. economy's core remains battered two years a...

"We see two main scenarios," analysts led by Jan Hatzius, the New York-based chief U.S. economist at the company, wrote in an e-mail to clients. "A fa...

The influential Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius has a new research note out (with Sven Jari Stehn), "Thoughts on the Macroeconomic Impact of Basel...

My column this week is about economic data, and the ways in which it can mislead (or at least send us into unnecessary tizzies)....

Two major Wall Street firms have finally thrown in the towel and are now calling for a recession. For a variety of reasons, Wall Street is usually lat...

For decades now, as a writer, economist and scold, I have been receiving letters from thoughtful readers. Many of them have warned me about the danger...

The impact of the U.S. mortgage market crisis on the underlying economy could be "dramatic" as leveraged investors may need to scale back lending by u...