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  • More Bull? Economic Data May Keep Rally Alive Sunday, 12 May 2013 | 6:39 PM ET

    Retail sales, industrial production, regional Fed surveys. These are just a few of the reports that could keep the bulls charging next week — or maybe not.

  • US Business Inventories Flat Again, Miss Forecast Monday, 13 May 2013 | 10:01 AM ET

    US business inventories were unchanged for a second straight month, according to a government report on Monday that suggested restocking could be a boost to second-quarter growth.

  • Is the Fed Prepping Markets for the End of QE? Monday, 13 May 2013 | 2:09 AM ET

    If an article in Monday's Wall Street Journal is anything to go by, the U.S. Fed is getting ready to unwind monetary stimulus. That prospect is unlikely to be as alarming for markets as feared, analysts tell CNBC.

  • Drugs Costs Face Vast Disparity Under Obamacare Monday, 13 May 2013 | 8:23 AM ET

    Under President Barack Obama's health care law, where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay for medications.

  • Debt Ceiling Won't Be Hit Until Labor Day: Lew Friday, 10 May 2013 | 5:15 AM ET

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told CNBC on Friday that the U.S. debt ceiling would not be reached until September.

  • Zell on Market: A 'Giant Game of Musical Chairs' Friday, 10 May 2013 | 12:18 PM ET
    Sam Zell

    Sam Zell looks at the stock market and doesn't like what he sees: Surging equity prices that have come without corresponding economic growth.

  • Smarter Moms Mean Smarter Babies, Study Says Friday, 10 May 2013 | 3:25 PM ET

    An accelerating trend is that women having babies in the U.S. are more educated than ever. On average the more educated a woman is, the better off her children will be.

  • 'Sold in the USA' Stocks Beating S&P 500 Index Friday, 10 May 2013 | 8:47 AM ET

    Nearly a third of the companies in the S&P 500 Index earn revenues exclusively in the U.S. and their shares are beating the index overall. Housing shares are contributing big time.

  • China as World’s Biggest Economy? Not So Fast Friday, 10 May 2013 | 1:52 AM ET

    China's fast-growing economy has been forecast to overtake the U.S. as the world's biggest economy as early as 2016, but economists now say this is unlikely to happen.

  • Fed Officials Spar Over Whether to Keep Easing Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 6:04 PM ET

    A week after the Federal Reserve endorsed a plan to keep buying bonds to spur economic growth, members are airing differences over their super-easy policy.

  • Growing Up Will Help Economy...So Grow Up! Friday, 10 May 2013 | 8:04 AM ET

    America's economy faces a growing demographic crisis, and it echoes the script of the movie "Knocked Up," argues Kudlow producer Jake Novak.

  • US Jobless Claims Surprise, Dropping Below 350,000 Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 8:30 AM ET
    Job seekers wait in line to meet with employers at the 25th Annual CUNY Big Apple Job and Internship Fair at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.

    New claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly 5-1/2 years last week, signaling labor market resilience in the face of fiscal austerity.

  • Wal-Mart vs. the Feds: Who's the Low-Wage Job King? Monday, 13 May 2013 | 9:51 AM ET

    The federal government is better at creating low-paying jobs than Wal-Mart and McDonald's combined, says a new report.

  • Unlike Boomers, Millennials Get a Jump on Saving Monday, 13 May 2013 | 1:29 PM ET

    A new study found that on average Millennials have $55,000 saved for retirement and many of them are wary of the long-term viability of Social Security.

  • US Retail Sales Get Lift From Autos, Construction Monday, 13 May 2013 | 8:32 AM ET
    Construction worker Alex Sierra buys lumber for home framing at the Home Depot store.

    U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in April as households bought automobiles, building materials and a range of other goods.

  • Canada's Housing Market: The Next Big Short? Friday, 10 May 2013 | 1:38 AM ET
    Condo's under construction in Toronto, Ontario as Canada's housing market begins to slow.

    Steve Eisman, the hedge fund manager who famously bet against mortgages in the United States, has recommended investors now bet against Canada's mortgage lenders and banks.

  • Rotation Into Cyclicals Could Provide Market Boost Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 6:00 AM ET

    Investors have been dipping into growth-oriented cyclicals, and if the trend continues, it could add more momentum to the stock market rally.

  • Lew Says Japan Must Respect Rules on Yen Friday, 10 May 2013 | 5:28 AM ET

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has said Japan must stay within the bounds of an international agreement not to target exchange rates, after the dollar-yen broke through 100 and continued to extend gains on Friday.

  • Drug Spending Drops for the First Time in 55 Years Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 8:31 AM ET

    Patent expirations on big-name drugs has resulted in modestly less spending on medicines in the U.S. for the first time in at least 55 years, a report showed Thursday.

  • Income Gap May Have Hit Turning Point Friday, 10 May 2013 | 12:37 PM ET

    JPMorgan economist Michael Feroli argues that structural shifts in education and technological progress may signal less wage inequality, The Fiscal Times reports.