Top Stories Moving the Dow Jones Industrial Average Today

Stock market today, June 27, 2014: The Dow Jones Industrial Average today (Friday) will open...

Black Friday Shopping 2012 Gets Even Crazier and Angrier

Black Friday shopping typically involves the most inventive, discounted sales of the year.

This year, with waning sales, stiff...

U.S. Consumers Get Creative to Handle High Food and Fuel Prices

There's no question the staggering rise in food and fuel prices will eat away at U.S. households' income in coming months.

But there is...

How Are You Dealing With High Food and Fuel Prices?

There's no question the staggering rise in food and fuel prices will eat away at U.S. households' income in coming months.

But there is...

Rising Prices Mean Cautious Year Ahead for U.S. Household Spending

Following the crippling economic turmoil of the past few years, many U.S. households worked hard to tighten budgets, slash excessive spending, and...

Is Your Household Spending More This Year?

After crippling economic turmoil over the past few years, many U.S. households worked hard to tighten budgets, slash excessive spending, and live...

Two Ways to Tell if the U.S. Economy is Ready to Get Back on its Feet

The U.S. economy has been crippled by the financial crisis. And regardless of what policymakers try to do to spur growth, it will hobble along lamely...

Flat Consumer Spending and Declining Factory Orders Point to Slower Economic Recovery

Consumer spending in the United Sates was flat in June and personal savings were the highest in a year, underscoring how unemployment continues to...

Is the U.S. Economy Destined for Deflation?

With inflation low and the recovery waning, a growing chorus of analysts is beginning to suspect that U.S. policymakers aren't doing enough to head...

Question of the Week: Readers Respond to Money Morning's Retail Stimulus Query

Faced with a wheezing economy that can't seem to heal, big U.S. retailers like Target Corp. (NYSE:

Consumers Buck Economic Trends to Help Retail Sales Post Fastest Growth in Four Years

The American consumer bucked strong economic headwinds to help retail sales post the fastest growth in four years, a report is expected to show today...

Question of the Week: Readers Respond to Money Morning's Financial Reform Query

With U.S. consumers still feeling the sting of the global financial crisis, consumer advocacy groups are claiming that they snagged a win with the...

Unemployment Report Shows Sluggish Recovery Will Take Years to Replace Jobs Lost in Great Recession

Unemployment figures released Friday confirmed that the U.S. economy is still recovering, but they also showed it will take years to replace the 8...

Misguided Policy Paving the Way for a Double-Dip Recession

With unemployment still hovering near 10%, policymakers should be doing all they can to combat joblessness and reinvigorate a recovery that is...

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