It is certainly a sign of the times when reports that the economy lost 36,000 jobs is considered a boon in economic news. While today’s unemployment numbers, released by the Labor Department, are being hyped as evidence that the economy is gaining traction, economists still advise that we have...

Up until the financial crisis was front page news for virtually every media source, I rarely—if ever—took heed of economic statistics. I may have glanced at the Dow Jones Industrial Average every once in awhile, but that was about the extent of my interest. Now I have been paying more attention ...

For the second straight quarter the nation’s economy has grown, marking what many believe to be the end of the recession and the early stages of a possible long-term stabilization. Earlier today, President Obama announced that the GDP grew by 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter, the largest increase...