next decade

The federal budget deficit will hit $1.28 trillion this year, down slightly from the previous two years, with even bigger savings to come over the next decade, according to congressional projections released Wednesday.

China is poised to invest up to $2 trillion overseas in the next decade, but whether the United States will participate is a big question, a study says.

The euro stands just a one in five chance of surviving in its current form for ten years, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

Even though the first decade of this century ended in a disaster for employment, some economists think we'll see the creation of as many as 15 million new jobs in the new decade.

Two sectors that are likely to be leaders in producing new jobs: health care and accounting.

AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company.

AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company.

Oil prices fell 3.5 percent Tuesday after a new report from Washington projected a cumulative $7 trillion U.S. deficit for the next decade.

The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House officials predicted Tuesday in a fiscal assessment far bleaker than what the Obama administration had estimated just a few months ago.

The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in competing but similar economic forecasts.