News that the government won't shutdown this weekend over payroll tax cut seems a bit like someone promising not to poke you in the eye after all.

Lower energy costs kept November's Consumer Price Index flat, a good sign for the U.S. economy.

Lots of not-so-terrible news was enough to put markets in positive territory today, but not by much. It gives us a chance to take a step back and talk about something different. Bonds.

Three banks unveil a new three-page checking account guide. Experts hope a new era of simplified disclosure will follow.

In a recent survey, two-thirds of CEOs of big U.S. companies indicated they won’t be adding jobs for the next six months.

The euro fell to $1.29 today, its lowest since January. Experts say it's a sign Europe is still hurting, despite last week's proposed treaty to crack down on budgets.

A recent report from the Department of Labor has job listings up sharply over two years prior, but with unemployment at 8.6 percent, job openings are not plentiful.

For all the breathless coverage of Black Friday sales this year, the official retail sales data for November came out today and it was, in a word, 'blah.'

According to the Department of Agriculture, U.S. farmers will see record profits of $100 billion this year.

Between July to September of this year, bank credit lending was up 10 percent — the highest rate since before the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008.