John Maggs

It has been tougher than usual to divine the Federal Reserve's intentions on interest rates.

A shift in global economic trends favors America, if it can repair its reputation as a place to do business.

The cloud hanging over bank stocks this year has a silver lining.

They say "no" now, but Obama, Bernanke (and even Romney) would do what they could to fund a euro bailout.

CEO pay will keep rising sharply, partly because Americans aren't close to agreeing on what bosses should be paid.

The Fed chairman can't be frank about some hard truths, even in the classroom.

The super-rich are outstripping the merely wealthy -- but the rest of us are a lot more equal than you might think.

Though the risk of a spike in energy prices looms, there's mounting evidence that this time, economic recovery is for real.

On the unhappy 20th anniversary of NAFTA, the country isn't advancing as rapidly as free-trade supporters predicted.

It's a mistake to think that manufacturing can do much to revive the economy. For good reasons, it is declining in importance.

His plan for a corporate moon base isn't the only far-out policy touted by Newt Gingrich.

When it comes to presidential elections, is it really the economy that matters?

In many ways, this was a year to forget -- but we'd making a mistake not to learn from the past.

The European nation’s long-overlooked problems will be much tougher to solve than Greece’s.

Until Americans see owning a home as a good investment again, housing will continue to be a drag on the economy.

How one former official with a vested interest is pressing fellow Democrats to help corporations.

A car-shopping excursion is a reminder of why Americans are the world’s most resilient consumers.

Debt is the fuel for bad inflation, and our dysfunctional government is the match.

Averting a recession may not lead to the kind of healthy recovery that has been the norm. This time, it could mean a long, painful period as an invali…

Shell-shocked consumers aren’t putting the money into the economy, and neither would firms.

Like my waistline, America’s long-term debt situation has changed. With the S&P's downgrade of the U.S.' credit rating, we’re belatedly accepting the …

When emotion rules the markets, watch out.

The economy is sending warnings of a slowdown, but Congress, Obama aren’t listening.