The number of workers seeking full-time employment but stuck in part-time jobs is much higher than during previous recessions, according to Menbere Shiferaw, Atlanta Fed senior economic research analy...

The only positive economic indicator during this supposed economic recovery was production rose 0.5% last month — the first increase since December 2007, University of California San Diego econo...

Morgan Stanley looks for September nonfarm payrolls to decline 150,000, “a further moderation in the pace of decline, reflecting the 29,000 drop in initial claims on a survey week to survey week...

Manufacturers are not done trimming their inventories yet. Factory inventories of durable goods fell in September by 1.0%. One reason is that demand remains weak, despite the September rise in new ord...

Rough session for U.S. stocks yesterday, but even worse for many overseas markets that’ve seen strong run-ups this year. If you just watched the Dow Industrials, then you missed the bigger pictu...

US stocks hit fresh session highs, as investors seize on this morning’s GDP report and ramp back up the risk trade. Every sector’s rising, with financials, materials leading; consumer di...

Today’s news that third-quarter gross domestic product rose 3.5% is pleasing, of course. But the CEO of Eaton Corp, an industrial firm with a focus on managing companies’ power needs, sees enough ...

The fact that inventories are still falling is “a very positive detail” in the GDP report, says former Dallas Fed President Bob McTeer. “The rebuilding of inventories and its boost t...

Interesting that the Fed’s finally listed the “economic conditions” that warrant rock-bottom rates: low resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectati...

Fed sees no change in financial markets since August, says “conditions in financial markets were roughly unchanged, on balance, over the intermeeting period.” Back in August, the Fed said ...