Economy

Lessons learned from the banking crisis

By Ryan C. Fuhrmann More than five years have now passed since the housing bubble burst in spectacular fashion and fanned the flames of a financial crisis that rivaled only the Great Depression of the 1930s. This latest downturn has since become known as the Great Recession and it is now widely

Should you head back to business school?

By Marv Dumon Many young working professionals wonder whether or not it is worth going back to business school and getting their Master of Business Administration (MBA).While a strong economy leads many professionals to stick to their current roles, the prospect of pursuing more lucrative

Building toward recovery

By Jeremy Quittner The construction industry continues to add fire to the economic recovery, according to the March private company index from Sageworks. While the Sageworks index supports a host of other recent data that point to a housing market recovery, it also indicates economic improvement

Will Obama's chained CPI help keep inflation from eating into your savings?

By Dennis Miller This week we examine ways in which inflation nibbles away at your retirement income, especially in light of the President's proposal for Chained CPI adjustments to Social Security. The formal title is Chain-weighted Consumer Price Index and it's a variation of how the