Economy

At the start of the new decade, one in every ten Americans is unemployed. By broader measures of unemployment (including discouraged workers who may...

Over the weekend one of our favorite bloggers, EconomistMom, joined an important discussion prompted by a Stan Collender blog that called out deficit...

At this week’s American Economic Association meetings in Atlanta, two economists, Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, explore how high levels of...

In a blog post earlier this week, Stan Collender presented a laundry list of suggestions about how deficit hawks can be more effective. As a proud...

On December 14, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform hosted a public event at the National Press Club to announce the release of its report...

The Peterson-Pew Commission’s “Red Ink Rising” plan for American lawmakers has earned some black ink worldwide too since its release, not to mention...

How and when the Fed will unwind the massive amounts of liquidity it has provided to shore up the financial system and economy? Will the Fed be able...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times applauded a CBO estimate that under the health...

According to today's Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the unemployment rate eased back to the 10 percent politically sensitive threshold in November...

The Congressional Budget Office has come out with a report estimating the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on employment and...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal calls the pharmaceutical industry foolish...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: As politicians react to record high levels of unemployment, The...