A new poll reports that nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they are all for a compromise that breaks the debt-ceiling stalemate as soon as possible. But neither that nor a dire warning from the CBO -- ...

Economists who fear a double-dip recession — in which the recovery would collapse into another recession — regard it as a worst-case scenario. But they don't rule it out, either. Lynn Reaser, chief ...

An International Monetary Fund economist warned Tuesday that a double-dip recession – defined as a slide back into negative growth following a short recovery from a previous recession – is a risk for ...

Business leaders in the United States are becoming increasingly alarmed — again— about the state of the economy, according to the results of a survey released today by Grant Thornton LLP. The Business ...

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Better-than-expected job growth may save the U.S. from the long-feared double-dip recession, according to MSNBC's John Schoen. Private employers added 154,000 jobs, and the job market increased by 117 ...