Stock futures inch higher as rally continues

Stock futures inched higher Friday as investors bet the economy will continue to grow, albeit slowly....

Spending cuts before 2011 could hurt recovery: IMF, ILO

The IMF and the UN labor agency are urging advanced economies not to cut government spending before 2011..

Stocks fall in year's lightest volume

Stocks fell in the year's lightest volume on Monday as worries about the pace of economic recovery...

Bernanke speech shows effort to find Fed consensus

Ben Bernanke is struggling to build consensus among Federal Reserve officials about what steps are needed - if any - to give the economy a boost...

Snapshot of economy about to get a lot bleaker

The government is about to confirm what many people have felt for some time: The economy barely has a pulse. The Commerce Department on Friday will...

Economic Fears Fuel Market Swoon

Investors dumped stocks, commodities and riskier currencies in a world-wide flight...

Forecast: U.S. Deficit to hit $9 Trillion

The U.S. deficit currently stands at a staggering record $1.6 trillion. But the Whitehouse now believes that within a decade, the deficit would rise to more than $9 Trillion.