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The Downside of Reducing Debt
Many Americans, most banks and some businesses are trying to lighten their debt loads. This prudent reaction to a borrowing binge that proved unwise hurts the economy.

Job Losses in U.S. Continue to Slow
The pace of U.S. job losses continued to slow in September as the private sector shed fewer jobs than in the previous month.

Banks Bite Bullet on Loans
Banks and loan investors are starting to bite the bullet and lower the principal on mortgages for some struggling borrowers, new data show.
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China Manufacturing Index Rises
China's Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, rose to 54.3 in September from 54.0 in August.
IMF Warns Countries to Sustain Stimulus
The global economy is staging so modest a recovery that additional fiscal stimulus may be needed to prevent another slump, the IMF said.
U.S. Data Show Mortgage-Denial Rates
A Fed report on home mortgage data showed that blacks and Hispanic whites were far more likely than non-Hispanic whites to be denied last year in applying to refinance.
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Japan Manufacturing Confidence Improves
Sentiment among big manufacturers in Japan improved for the second straight quarter, the Bank of Japan's tankan survey showed, but bearish plans for capital spending point to lingering worries.
- China Manufacturing Index Rises
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Corporate Bonds Multiply in U.K.
The Bank of England is taking credit for a sharp increase in bond issues from U.K. companies this year, saying that purchase of state debt diverted investor cash to that market.
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Minneapolis Fed Names President
Narayana Kocherlakota, former chairman of the University of Minnesota economics department, will become president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Q&A;: Shiller Sees Flat Home Prices
Robert Shiller, the Yale economist who famously predicted the housing bust, says he sees home prices moving little in the next five years.
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Mixed Data Show Fragility of Recovery
Home prices rose in July, but apprehension among consumers and chief executives underscored the fragility of the nation's economic recovery.
- Sortable Chart: Home Prices, by Metro Area
- Econ: Fed's Fisher Worries About Housing
- Housing: Calling a Home Price Bottom
- Hot Stocks: Home Builders
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IMF Says More Bank Losses Coming
Rising global securities prices reduced the IMF's estimate of bank losses, but banks world-wide likely face additional write-downs of $1.5 trillion by the end of next year.
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Unconventional Thinker Gets Fed Post
Clinton Site Gets a Taste of Stimulus
Argentina Labor Crisis Fuels Worries
Group Tied to Obama Urges Tax Rise
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Franc's Fall Sparks Intervention Talk
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Chinese Manufacturing Holds Steady
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France Set for Record Deficit
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German Joblessness Posts Surprise Drop
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Australian Retail Sales Surge
Greeks Prepare to Elect Socialists
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Japan Manufacturing Improves
NAM Chief: U.S. Must Stimulate Exports
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Denmark's Economy Shrinks Further
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Romania Trims EU's Highest Rate
Falling Tax Revenues Slam States
EBRD to Seek Funding Increase
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Vietnam Could Top 5% Growth Goal
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China Inc. Looks Homeward for Profits
Road Project Tests Power of Stimulus
Polish Privatization to Aid Budget
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RBA Offers Post-Recession Plan
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U.K. Struggles With Money Supply
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BOE Won't Alter Deposit Rate Soon
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China to Trim Gas, Diesel Prices
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Vietnam's Growth Accelerates
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Euro-Zone Confidence Rises
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South Korea to Increase Spending
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Japan's Prices Fall at Record Pace

Real Time Economics

Without Construction, What of Blue-Collar Men?
The million-dollar question now is where -- and how soon -- this group of workers will be able to find work, in an economy that increasingly values brains over brawn.
Searching for a Fiscal Exit Strategy
Mickey Levy, an economist at Bank of America, makes a fair distinction between the Federal Reserve, on the one hand, and the Obama administration and Congress, on the other, when it comes to exit strategies.
Out-of-the-Box Papers by New Minneapolis Fed President
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