A swarm of dire economic reports on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones industrials to a five-year low below 8,000 points. What happened? Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in 61 years, housing starts fell to the lowest level on record and the Federal Reserve sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next. ...more

November 20, 2008

A swarm of dire economic reports on Wednesday pushed the Dow Jones industrials to a five-year low below 8,000 points. What happened? Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in 61 years, housing starts fell to the lowest level on record and the Federal Reserve sharply lowered its projections for economic activity this year and next. ...more

November 20, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - The worst monthly drop on record for retail sales set off new alarm bells about the U.S. economy Friday, stepping up pressure on policymakers to figure out how to combat what increasingly looks to be a severe recession. ...more

November 16, 2008

WASHINGTON — Once again, the government has offered another plan to help troubled homeowners. Once again, critics say it doesn't go far enough. ...more

November 11, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's unemployment rate is at a 14-year high, General Motors reported a massive third-quarter loss and says it may run out of cash next year, and Ford is planning more job cuts after burning through billions of its own. ...more

November 9, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly on Thursday to fill his administration and form his response to the economic crisis. He scheduled his first post-election visit to the White House and convened an economic advisory board to meet here amid signs of a deteriorating financial outlook. ...more

November 7, 2008

WASHINGTON - Social Security benefits for 50 million people will be go up 5.8 percent next year, which will give the average retiree an additional $63 per month. ...more

October 16, 2008

Wall Street fluctuated today as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but also collected profits from the previous day's massive advance. The Dow Jones industrial average shifted between modest losses and gains a day after its record 936-point jump. ...more

October 14, 2008

On Monday, for the first time this October, the Dow Jones industrial average ended the day higher than it began: 963.42 points higher, to be exact, making for the biggest single-day percentage gain in 75 years. ...more

October 14, 2008

Did stocks "crash"? Some news organizations and investors are hesitating to use the word to describe Wall Street's terrifying sell-off. ...more

October 11, 2008