World markets slide ahead of key US jobs report

Spurred by Private Hiring, Job Growth Gathers Steam
The U.S. economy added 192,000 jobs in February, in line with expectations, the fastest job growth since last spring. The rate of unemployment ticked down to 8.9 percent.

Fed Forecasts Faster Growth as Economy Gathers Steam
The Federal Reserve called for growth of 3.4 percent to 3.9 percent this year, up from 3 percent to 3.6 percent, even though unemployment will remain painfully high.

Fed not backing down on bond-buying program
The Fed says it will maintain the pace of its $600 billion Treasury bond-buying program because a slowly improving economy with high unemployment still needs the support.

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...