ECONOMY & MARKETS

Obama is backing a new CPI that would lower statistically-reported inflation, increase income taxes and slow Social Security spending growth.

A 97-month-long car loan could become a reality thanks to lower interest rates and increased competition among banks.

For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama has proposed to slow the rate of Social Security benefit increases.

It's been well over a year since port operations on the East and Gulf coasts have had a contract.

Trade with the U.S. in the first quarter rose by 10.8% from a year earlier, to $118.2 billion.

At 3.93 million job openings, this survey, which is separate from the monthly jobs report, continues to show a slowly healing U.S. job market.

China's annual consumer inflation eased markedly to 2.1 percent in March from February's 3.2 percent while producer price deflation deepened.

Lindsey Graham is encouraged by entitlement cuts in Obama's 2014 budget, but Speaker Boehner opposes holding entitlements hostage to taxes.

Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, has compiled a list of 2012's highest paid CEOs.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday welcomed the Bank of Japan’s aggressive easing program as a helpful step to support global growth.

Big-money bank depositors in the European Union have good reason to believe there are targets on their backs.

The unexpectedly weak March jobs report hammered the markets, but economists cautioned against overreacting.

The total number of new jobs was less than expected, and the U.S. workforce participation rate dropped to its lowest level since 1979.

This small island of 1 million people, hopelessly divided between a Greek south and Turkish north, faces an unknown, perhaps dark future.

Shrinking inventories in rich countries caused their economies to contract in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Egypt's planning minister said Thursday the government may reach a final agreement over a $4.8 billion loan in two weeks.

Many economists expect the $85 billion in U.S. government spending cuts due to sequester to lower GDP growth and job growth.

The Bank of Japan Thursday announced a strong monetary easing campaign that sent the Japan markets soaring high.

The IMF's contribution seeks to distribute burdens and protect the most vulnerable.

The private sector added only 158,000 jobs in March, ADP announced Wednesday – lower than the 205,000 consensus estimate.

U.S. mortgage holders are lowering their debt levels, but the sequester impact looms, mortgage officials cautioned.

Sarris was instrumental in negotiating with the so-called troika, the International Monetary Fund, ECB and the EU.

Particularly troublesome in March was manufacturing in Germany. And how bad is youth unemployment in Greece?

The United States has gained 387,000 managers but lost almost 2 million clerical jobs since 2007, as technology squeezes out middle-class jobs.

Greece wants someone to buy its 1,500-mile rail network as part of its efforts to sell off state assets.

Two manufacturing PMI surveys released Monday showed steady momentum in the Chinese economy.

Friday's jobs report is expected to show that employers added 200,000 jobs in March, with an unchanged 7.7% jobless rate.

Bank of Cyprus depositors learned they could lose as much as 60 percent of their accounts. U.S. depositors probably won’t suffer the same fate.

The AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce apparently have agreed on an approach to dealing with future guest workers in the country.