William Sluis

It's a new month, as well as a new year, but perhaps it's not a new economy, after all. In fact, more and more analysts are pinning their hopes for...

As Christmas dawns, Americans are enjoying the bounty of another prosperous year. The current economic expansion, surpassing all records and expectations, will very shortly be 10 years old--certainly a cause...

The lexicon of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan includes a long pantheon of aphorisms and words of wisdom about the economy. But don't look for him to say that inflation...

If the nation's economy is entering a slowdown, as many experts proclaim, why isn't the evidence showing up in the old pay envelope? With joblessness at a 30-year low, members...

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE Spending priorities shift After nearly a decade of spending at the speed of the proverbial hare, Americans are showing signs of slowing to a turtlelike pace and may...

With the dollar riding high, worries about America's trade deficit sound like negative echoes from a much earlier era. Indeed, politicians are fond of citing a robust global economy. But...

Americans' annual holiday shopping spree has become a tradition, something the nation's retailers take nearly for granted. But as 2000 grinds toward its final weeks, some detect a slackening of...

Those who expect the Federal Reserve to soon relent on its tight-money policies point to a stutter-step in the bull market on Wall Street, as well as a noticeable loss...

As recently as three months ago, a hyped-up rate of economic growth, 5.6 percent, generated talk of an endless series of interest rate boosts by the Federal Reserve. But a...

It may be a stretch to say the construction industry has a dozen lives, but it certainly has shown tenacity in the face of efforts to slow the economy. The...