There is a growing view that the U.S. business cycle has changed (for better) in a more diversified economy. To some, that sounds like tempting fate.

The result is that over the past 30 years, the Fed’s measure of business debt-to-GDP has increased by 23 percentage points and household debt has increased by 14 percentage points. This is not a ...

Our Chart of the Day is from ING Economics, which shows that inflation is set to hit the Federal Reserve's long-term target of 2% by April of next year and fall below 2% not long after that.

There's a 70% chance the US economy is either in a recession or headed toward one in the months ahead, according to Bloomberg Economics Chief US Economist Anna Wong.

The stock market has done a solid job pricing in the poor outlook for growth, while credit markets and interest rate markets appear mispriced relative to economic reality. Find out more.

Austrian economics provides valuable insights for business planning, but not so much in business cycle analysis. It’s not that Austrian economics are wrong, but that too much emphasis is put on ...

Endless economic indicators point to deep (and deepening) black and white inequality in the U.S. — an illustration of a deeply unfair system. In many cases, the divide is still as bad or worse ...