US Economy

Budget Battles

  • After the Market Wipeout, All Eyes on Earnings

    By Patti Domm, CNBC

    Stocks could chop around and rack up more losses in the week ahead, as the next wave of corporate earnings reports shows just how much the strong dollar has crimped sales growth. Traders will also be...

  • Do Three Hot IPOs Signal a New Market Trend?

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Just as one swallow doesn’t make a spring, a handful of successful initial public offerings don’t signal that the long winter chill in the market for venture capital-backed IPOs is at an end. In fact...

  • Saving $1.11 a gallon might not sound like much. But if you're filling up a 20 gallon tank, you could save $22. Do that once a week and you'd save $1,150 a year.

    Get Ready for a Hike in the Federal Gas Tax

    By Rob Garver

    A politically risky plan to restore funding for the nation’s highway infrastructure by increasing the federal gasoline tax would peg future increases in the tax not to the whims of Congress, but to...

  • Americans Spend More on Taxes Than on Food, Clothing and Shelter

    By Jared Meyer

    Though April 15 has passed, Americans are still a week away from the finish line when it comes to paying their taxes. This year, it will take the average American until April 24 to work enough to pay...

  • A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

    Saudi Arabia May Cause an Oil Price Spike

    By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

    In order to maintain a grip on market share by pushing U.S. shale producers out of the market, Saudi Arabia (and OPEC) is willing to use up its spare capacity. That could lead to a price spike. Saudi...