Topic: Economic Issues

The upside of dismal home sales

VEILED panic greeted the release of home sales data for July. Sales dropped 26 percent in Massachusetts and 27 percent nationally, and in response...

Jobs recovery 'will take 14 years'

Employment will not return to pre-recession levels for 14 years and could take longer in some parts of the country hardest-hit by Government ...

Japan's second quarter economic growth revised up

Japan's government says economic growth in the second quarter was better than preliminary data indicated.. . Gross domestic product expanded at an ...

Leach puts social issues at forefront of campaign

Incumbent McCoy emphasizes high-wage jobs and education . The Des Moines man who gained national attention last year for his support of the killer ...
Email Close [X] The Philadelphia Housing Authority is putting off discussions about its suspended executive director, who has come under fire for ...

Japan as number three

China has now officially supplanted Japan as the world's second largest economy. The question for Japan is whether or not the country will continue ...

"Long slong" ahead for U.S. economy: BMO

One year after the North American economic recovery began, it is unfolding much like recoveries past. But Canadians should brace themselves for a...

Sound as a punt

TYLER COWEN directs us to a disconcerting story:Ireland's troubled banking system became the latest flash point in Europe's continuing economic...

The supply side

DANI RODRIK is blogging again:Spain, where unemployment has risen to 20% and domestic demand has yet to recover, has just approved a labor reform...
Google is paying some people around half a million dollars not to go to Facebook, a senior Facebook engineer has confirmed. Googlers, prepare to...