U.S. Inflation Edges up, Housing Starts Fall Sharply

HK economy expands 6.8 percent in 2010
Hong Kong's economy bounced back strongly last year thanks to strong growth in mainland China and the rest of Asia, the city's finance chief said Wednesday while warning that rising inflation...

U.S. Consumer Prices Held in Check in January
Higher energy costs helped push up consumer prices in the United States, but the overall inflation level remained modest, the Labor Department reported.

Data on Jobless Filings Lift Wall Street Shares
A batch of economic reports offered some hope that the economy was improving in the United States.

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...