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It was with great giddiness that the word spread throughout the land yesterday: The recession is over! The recession is over! One half-expected Paul Revere to dismount at the end of the news report. The National Bureau of Economic Research deemed the 18-month recession officially ended in June...

Despite what so many pundits say, the most accurate economic predictor -- the yield curve -- says we're not heading for a double-dip recession. But don't celebrate too much: experts still see sluggish growth ahead.

Is the recession finally over? It may well be, after the U.S. economy surged a better-than-expected 5.7% in the fourth quarter of 2009. The growth, driven by inventory gains, marks two consecutive quarters of GDP expansion -- usually long enough for the National Bureau of Economic Research to declare the end of a slump.

Nine signs of America in decline. _______________________ Amazing: a world without the internet. _______________________ All the NYSE stocks below a buck. _______________________

It's tough to find a job these days. In 2000, the Labor Department began keeping statistics on the ratio of unemployed workers to permanent job openings. This July, that ratio hit a record of six to one -- representing the 14.5 million official unemployment count to 2.4 million permanent full-time...

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve signaled that it thought the worst of the recession has passed. The thing is, for job seekers, that is not even the right question to ask. On the other hand, for people who try to make money buying stocks, it's now obvious that they should have taken President Obama's...

Paul Krugman thinks the foundering economy may right itself this summer, he said in a speech today in London. Evidently, investors agree. Not long after the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist made his prediction, stocks surged. "I would not be surprised if the official end of the U.S....

Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, says she is "optimistic" and "more comfortable" with her outlook about the U.S. economy. In fact, Sonders is "the most optimistic about the economy" she has been in two years, she said in an e-mail. Sonders has been warning folks...