The US economy grew 3.1% last year, trouncing widespread calls for a recession and exceeding my relatively sober expectation for 2% growth. The correct way to view the interplay between growth and ...

U.S. economic indicators are depicting a broad range of readings. Many economic measures are depicting or implying weak growth or outright contraction. Numerous highly worrisome economic trends ...

This week we look at the faltering PMI stats from China, and a relatively stable but mixed PMI result from the US for July. We then review the monetary policy decisions this week from the RBA, BoE, ...

As I was preparing this post of energy charts, I noticed that Matthew O’Brien at The Atlantic just published The Most Important Economic Stories of 2013—in 40 Graphs and guess what? Not one of the 40 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hersh Shefrin analyzes how psychology impacts markets and policy. A quick summary of the takeaways from Part III appears in a ...