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The economy perked up late last year as factories ramped up production. Unfortunately, a lot of what those factories made is still in warehouses and on store shelves. 

Home prices have fallen by a third since the 2006, creating tremendous bargains for home buyers. Mortgage rates are at rock-bottom lows, making houses more affordable than they have been in decades.

One of the driving factors for states whose residents owe the most in credit card debt is that they are wealthy states. Nine out of the 10 states with the most in credit card debt have among the highest median household incomes.

They're not exactly PowerPoints, but the Federal Reserve Wednesday adopted a new "fuller disclosure" policy that comes with visual aids.

Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter revenue outpaced Wall Street's expectations as the video rental website reversed subscriber losses to sign up more than 600,000 new U.S. customers in the period, pushing its shares up 13 percent.

If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a “Fed watcher” — one of those analysts who read the tea leaves of the central bank’s next move — the job is about to get a whole lot easier.

These nine regions are projected to recover less than 5 percent of the jobs lost during the recession this year. They were hurt by the housing crash and loss of private and public jobs.

Employers are hiring more workers than they are firing these days, but if you lose your job these days, get ready for a long job search -- about five months long at least.

With state and local government finances on the mend, layoffs of government workers has slowed. That's good news for them and for the economy as a whole.

The sudden loss of a job has become, if not commonplace over the last years, at least not very surprising. Yet many Americans remain unprepared for not having an income.

A healthy pickup in production of manufactured goods last month added to the gathering momentum for the U.S economy. So far, that growth has done little to help the job prospects for millions of unemployed factory workers.

The World Bank warned of a possible slump in global economic growth and urged developing countries to prepare for shocks that could be more severe than the 2008 crisis.

The United States is becoming less economically competitive versus other nations, with political gridlock and a weak primary education system seen as the main drag, according to a survey released on Wednesday.