Economists have been riled up over differences between job numbers from the payroll processor ADP and federal figures.

A discovery of a lifetime (at least for the math geeks among us): the largest prime number in the world.

Author Nate Silver discusses why he believes that numbers are part of the challenge in painting a clear picture of the American economy.

Three years after the recession officially ended in June 2009 some 24.6 million people are unemployed, underemployed, and marginally employed….

The current negotiation over the debt limit is critical for the economy. Here's one way of measuring the stakes….

There's a vote tonight (Tuesday evening) on raising the federal government's debt limit ceiling. House Republicans are bringing up the vote even…

The Marketwatch headline grabbed my attention: Holding TIPS will make you poorer. It's by columnist Brett Arends….

Is the ghost of Thomas Malthus stalking the global economy? It sure seems like it….

The housing market is struggling to climb out of a depression, hobbled by falling prices, foreclosures, short sales, and negative equity….

Financial rules of thumb are often useful. You have to start somewhere. Rule of thumb also evolve. For instance, it used to be standard advice to…