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 last thing one would expect the U.S. government to do is open the floodgates to severe risks in financial markets again. But that is what's happening.

Even with unspectacular growth of a little more than 6 percent a year, India's economy could become about as big as America's economy by 2050.

Concerns are growing about China’s economy as the country’s new leadership tries to get a handle on deep problems that experts say have been years in the making. There was a record spike Thursday in rates banks charge when they lend to one another, ...

Traditional economic labels lose their meaning for many Americans when they're told that the U.S. economy has been in a recovery since mid-2009.

"Is America in decline?" may be the wrong question, as most of the affluent world — including U.S., Europe and Japan — faces similar threats.