Economy

Starting Wednesday, President Obama will make a series of speeches on the economy. He's trying to set the stage for this fall.

Walmart sales are down and so are housing starts, but the weather could be to blame. Plus, a small film about breast cancer research gets an unexpected boost from Angelina Jolie's preventive mastectomy.

Did you buy a car or get some new clothes recently? You were not alone.

Pakistan's incoming prime minister will install Ishaq Dar as finance minister, his third time doing the job.

Pinch yourself. You're not dreaming.

If you could see inside the cars on a freight train, you'd know more about which parts of the economy are up — or down.

Larry Summers discusses the state of the economic recovery, why the stock market is booming, and what's ahead in the coming months.

Britain's budget, released today, contains more deep spending cuts. Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman argues that austerity policies in the UK and Europe are killing growth.

The now-infamous sequestration — the $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts — kicks in today. We take a look at the bad and the good that might come out of the process.

Atlanta's unemployment rate still tops the national percentage, but city residents hope the worst is finally behind them.