February 16, 2011 No Easy Answers: Decoding the Economy's Mixed Messages Corporate earnings have surged and stocks have soared, but the housing market is still weak. Interest rates remain low, but are rising. Many countries' economies are perking up, but a jump in commodities prices is producing inflation… read more

January 11, 2011 Global Trade in a Post-recession World When the world economy nearly collapsed in late 2008, many proponents of globalization feared that a contagion of protectionism would break out, poisoning the prospects for new trade initiatives… read more

November 23, 2010 Fresh Off Its IPO, Can GM Stage a Comeback? After years of declining market share and unprofitability -- and a multi-million dollar bailout by the United States government -- General Motors is once again a publicly held company… read more

November 23, 2010 Road Trip: An Insider's Account of the Auto Industry Bailout Given that General Motors just announced a profitable year and completed the second largest IPO in history, it's a good time to take stock of the government-engineered restructuring… read more

November 23, 2010 A 'Prudent' Team Player: Germany Asserts Itself on the World Stage With Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition marking its first-year anniversary, Germany is in a state of flux -- doing relatively well in an economically troubled world while facing a challenging future… read more

November 23, 2010 Post-Recession America: Falling Incomes, Rising Cohabitation, Fewer Babies Although the Great Recession officially ended in mid-2009 in the U.S., the repercussions on American lifestyles could be felt for a long while, suggests the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey… read more

October 27, 2010 Falling Prices, Foreclosures and Fear: What's Next for the Housing Market? The U.S. housing market has been wobbly for several years, but it has shown some signs of perking up in recent months… read more

October 27, 2010 Can Regulations Create More Financially Savvy Consumers? The recently passed Dodd-Frank Act is one of the largest overhauls to the financial system since the Great Depression… read more

August 18, 2010 Financial Reform: What Will the Dodd-Frank Act Accomplish? Following final approval of the sweeping Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on July 15, Obama administration officials are now addressing audiences… read more

August 18, 2010 Solving a 'Wicked Problem': UPS CEO Scott Davis on Surviving a Shaky Economy In the current economic climate, business leaders are facing greater challenges than ever. Many are tempted to take the easy way out, changing strategies quickly or reinventing their companies… read more

July 10, 2010 Why It Pays to Link Executive Compensation with Corporate Debt The recent financial crisis, triggered primarily by bad bets in the financial sector, has brought the reality of corporate failure to the fore… read more

July 7, 2010 China's Renminbi Revaluation: Small Step, Big Impact? In testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives in March, C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics , blamed the "severe" undervaluation of China's currency for major job losses in the U.S.… read more

July 5, 2010 How the Public and Private Sector Could Work Together to Thaw a Future Credit Freeze In an economic downturn, dealing with macroeconomic pressures is bad enough. But financial institutions add to their woes, experts say, by refusing to provide capital… read more

January 6, 2010 Jeremy Siegel on 2010: Good for Stocks, Bad for Bonds -- and Why Interest Rates Will Go Up U.S. stocks boomed in the last nine months of 2009, but remained well below earlier highs. Indeed, many people referred to the first 10 years of the 21st century as "the lost decade,"… read more

January 6, 2010 Global Interdependence: Are the U.S and Other Markets 'Sowing the Seeds' for the Next Crisis? Despite renewed GDP growth and other positive signs, the U.S. isn't out of the woods, says Wharton finance professor Franklin Allen. In fact, the country… read more

January 6, 2010 Beyond Dubai: What's Ahead for the Middle East This Year? When the 818-meter Burj Dubai tower, the world's tallest building, opened on January 4, Emaar Properties, the structure's owner, proclaimed it to be "a symbol of Dubai's can-do spirit."… read more

January 6, 2010 China's Rebalancing Act: How Much Do Consumers Stand to Gain? After a tough grind through the Year of the Ox, it's easy to see why China is looking forward to the beginning of the Year of the Tiger in February… read more

January 6, 2010 European Conundrum: Increasing Regulation without Stifling Growth Wall Street may have been the epicenter of the financial crash that shook the world, but Europe -- along with other global markets -- experienced the aftershock… read more

January 6, 2010 The Indian Economy in the Next Decade: Déjà Vu with a Difference As the new decade begins, India's economy seems headed for strong growth. Optimists predict the country's GDP could increase between 7% and 9% in 2010… read more