If lawmakers manage to hold fiscal policy steady, the deficit for this year is expected to total $845 billion...
The U.S. equity markets overcame early losses to edge out modest gains by the end of the day. The S&P 500 is about 11 points shy of an all-time record...
The deadline for sequestration is on Friday, debt and deficit tipping points are examined, and home owners resurface from being underwater on mortgages...
Which of these separate but related issues should top the President's priority list?
Republicans have agreed to vote on a short-term increase to the debt ceiling...
Data released by the U.S. Commerce Department Friday morning showed that the trade deficit widened unexpectedly in the month of November...
The markets closed down for the second day in a row on Wall Street...
The markets seem to be experiencing a prolonged hangover after celebrating the start of 2013 with perhaps a little too much gusto...
Euro-zone unemployment climbs, Japan buys European bonds, and earnings take the spot light...
The United States government will reach the $16.4 trillion federal debt limit on December 31...
Since last week's election, President Obama and congressional Republicans have appeared more willing to compromise...
In his first public appearance since being reelected, Obama spoke on the looming fiscal cliff...
Analysis monetization will bring about economic collapse ...
Last night, as most of America was preparing for the season 4 premier of Mad Men, WikiLeaks unveiled a slew of previously classified documents pertaining to the war effort in Afghanistan.