Investors look to consumer for clues to recovery

Stock futures slip after latest earnings
Stock futures are slightly lower Friday as investors receive more mixed signals on the economy from earnings reports.

Earnings reports should give clues on economy
Investors are about to get some of the economic data they've been craving — from the country's big corporations.

Stocks tumble late to end sharply lower
Stocks ended the day sharply lower as Europe’s debt crisis seemed more important to investors than some relatively good news about the U.S. economy.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High...
We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the...

The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the...
Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial...