I'm not surprised that Lehman Brothers went into bankruptcy. But Merrill Lynch worried enough to sell itself to Bank of America? That's a stunning…

I'm doing some research into the trend in personal bankruptcies this morning, and I came on this blog,Bankruptcy Law Network: It's by bankruptcy…

Nouriel Roubini, professor at New York University and well-known blogger, has been in the forefront of understanding the depth of the current…

The consensus expectation has been that the Fed will keep its benchmark interest rate steady for now, but that when it does move the central bank…

After announcing the largest loss in its 160 year history, no one will be suprised if Lehman Brothers turns to Treasury and the Fed for a bailout….

The Democratic and Republican conventions are over. The barricades are down and the party faithful are fired up. Pollster.com now puts it as a …

We all know that rising gasoline prices have put a crimp in household budgets, But the Economic Policy Institute has a nice item today comparing…

I'm confused.(Nothing new there, of course.) Recent polls show that the race for the president is essentially a dead heat….

A heated discussion is taking place in the economic blogsphere over the rival tax plans of Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Of…

There hasn't been a lot of good economic news lately… but this is definitely a bright spot. The Department of Labor says productivity rose at a 2…