Research Center

Is President Obama’s plan to cut the deficit through spending cuts and tax increases, outlined in a speech on Wednesday, a path to U.S. fiscal solvency or not?

Is the Fed planning to tighten monetary policy? Some of its member banks have been asking for a modest increase.

It seems that there’s some elasticity in the demand for gasoline among U.S. consumers.

As the world well knows, the federal government didn’t shut down over the weekend. A deal was done practically at zero hour, meaning that federal workers will be at work on Monday morning, $39 billion (or about 1/1000) of the federal budget will disappear, and tourists will have something to do in D.C. this week.

Retail sales came in strong in March; home prices have yet to find their bottom; and members of Congress continue their bickering without reaching a budget agreement.

Congress bickers over a few billion dollars while the clock ticks down to unforetold consequences; banks might agree to foreclosure changes; and an appeals court confirms Enron CEO Skilling’s convictions.

The OECD sees private-sector investment and trade in the world’s biggest economies boosting recovery; non-manufacturing growth continues; and federal budgeting continues to be a mess.

Jobs numbers look good for March; construction spending is down; and Ron Paul wants to take the Fed to task for lending to non-American banks.