NEW YORK - Stocks fell sharply Tuesday after a hefty jump in wholesale inflation and a drop in new home construction gave investors more reasons to believe the economy will have a tough time rebounding anytime soon. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

The Federal Reserve is caught between a slumping economy, as reflected by the further plunge in housing construction, and the big jump in inflation pressures, which has some Fed officials lobbying for the central bank to start boosting interest rates

People are finally starting to understand how these costs work," says David Wurster, president of Vincentric. "As the economy gets a little tighter, consumers are becoming smarter at looking at the total cost of ownership.

LONDON - The number of American tourists visiting Britain dropped by 120,000 in a year, British government figures showed, amid a general slowdown in the U.S. economy and a weaker dollar. The decline in American travelers from June 2007 to June 2008 ...

NEW YORK - Hard times and higher fuel prices will follow kids back to school this fall. Children will walk farther to the bus stop, pay more for lunch, study from old textbooks and wear last year’s clothes. Field trips? Forget about it. This year ...

Say the airlines have 150 seats in economy and 20 seats in first class but 165 passengers show up. If there are seats available up front, the airline is going to upgrade as many people as there are seats.

Oil prices have shed about $35, or 24 percent, from their all-time trading record $147.27 reached July 11 amid mounting evidence that a cooling global economy and high fuel costs are curtailing demand for energy.

Japan's government has been working with Apple to investigate three separate cases of iPods that overheated while being recharged, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official Hiroyuki Yoshitsune.

The combination of weak housing sales, falling home values, tighter credit conditions and a slowing economy have left financially strapped homeowners in a tough spot — some borrowers have no other choice but to foreclose if they can’t find a ...

In the early '90s, Atlantic City’s shine became tarnished, and the economy slumped. Seagulls overran the boardwalk, several casinos became embroiled in lawsuits, and its concert halls booked lounge acts from a long-forgotten AM-radio era.

The economy lost momentum in the spring and probably is in for a spell of somewhat sluggish growth ahead, which could weigh on voters when they go to the polls in  November.

The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, held back by the double blows of a housing and credit slump that made people and businesses alike more ...

In a report rich with implications for the presidential race and the future of interest rates, the government said Friday that the economy added only 32,000 jobs in July, a second ...

The economy grew at a healthy 4 percent clip in the fourth quarter, a sharp slowdown from the sizzling 8.2 percent third-quarter pace but still strong enough to support projections ...

Ben Bernanke will share the spotlight with the housing market as 2006 begins, according to MSNBC.com's annual economic roundtable.

It's clear the U.S. economy is slowing down, and most forecasters polled by MSNBC.com see things picking up a bit in 2007. But though they say the odds are against it, some ...

The Federal Reserve, which has been battling against inflation for two years, is beginning to take some casualties. Now it is up to Chairman Ben Bernanke to make sure the Fed does ...

A closely watched gauge of future economic activity edged higher in December, pointing to continued but, perhaps, uneven growth in the year ahead, a private research group said ...

The economy revved up its engine in the third quarter and advanced at an annual rate of 4 percent— even faster than previously thought.

The economy enjoyed a strong revival in the spring although growing troubles in housing and credit markets have darkened prospects considerably since then. The gross domestic ...