With the onslaught of the Great Recession, public confidence has all but evaporated in money managers, investment advisors and financial institutions, public and private. We ask a variety of observers ...
President Obama was eager to meet real, suffering Americans in the troubled Midwest, and when he got there he promised “to do everything” he could to address the economic crisis that he had “inherited ...
We’re once again taking the Marketplace “Economic Pulse,” views on the economy from a range of perspectives. This time it’s another check-in on housing, but specifically the affordability issue for ...
CHICAGO -- Failure by Congress to raise the U.S. debt limit "could plunge the world economy back into recession," President Barack Obama declared Friday, and he acknowledged that he must compromise on ...
Velma Hart, a mother of two who criticized President Obama's economic policies in a widely-viewed televised Q&A session, has lost her job. Losing her position as a chief financial officer for Am Vets, ...
The trucking industry is an invaluable component of everyday life in America, and one that keeps the nation moving forward. From the food that fuels us to the clothes we wear, the medicine we take, ...
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- President Obama on Tuesday nominated Federal Reserve Board ChairmanBen Bernanke for a second four-year term. Obama and Bernanke appeared together on Martha's Vineyard, where the ...
A slim majority of Americans approve of how President Obama is handling unemployment, according to a new poll conducted by the Associated Press and GfK. It’s great news for Obama, especially since the ...