The struggle to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve has turned into a soap opera.

A veteran journalist never imagined that American newspaper reporters and editors would become the economically threatened steelworkers of the 21st century.

If nothing else, Detroit's bankruptcy marks the symbolic closure of an era when heavy industry dominated the American economy and the U.S. dominated the world.

The U.S. may not regain "full employment" anytime soon. Companies didn't just fire workers during the Great Recession; they went on a hiring strike.

The International Monetary Fund’s latest global economic forecast makes for unhappy reading. You may remember that, some years back, it was fashionable to ask whether the world economy could continue “flying on one engine” — meaning the United States. America’s boom and import appetite ...

For years, the dollar's role as the major global currency has been described as an "exorbitant privilege." Now it may be turning into an extravagant curse.