While it was generally expected that 4Q was a slow quarter for economic growth, it was probably a surprise to many that the growth rate was ...

As an addition to the previous post about how GDP is lagging potential GDP , it's worth pointing out that unemployment is the major driv...

The CBO calculates a measure of potential real GDP for the US, which is its view of how much the economy could produce if it were operating ...

The first revision of 3Q12 GDP was released this morning and showed that GDP grew at 2.7% annualized during the quarter, which was 0.7% bett...

There seems to be some debate about how much Sandy will affect the economy.  Some think that it will provide a real boost to GDP; others are...

The S&P 500 is up nearly 16% year to date, even though earnings are expected to grow 4-5% for the year.  If earnings grow by that much, ...

Retail sales were reported this morning for June and were weak again.  For the third straight month, retail sales declined, which is a reaso...