Today marks the last day of the Fed's financial asset purchase program known as QE2. What impact did QE2 have? What should we expect to happen now that it is ending? Traditionally, the Federal Reserve ...

Remember deflation? Prices appeared to be circling the drain last summer, raising fears of a Japanese-style "lost decade" of spiraling personal debt, falling wages and economic stagnation. Well, you ...

There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen ...

The Federal Reserve is wrapping up its $600 billion QE2 treasury bond-buying program this month. Did it work or was it a waste of money? Some media analysis of QE2's effectiveness is shoddy. Based on ...

U.S. investors have been so preoccupied with recent action by the U.S. central bank that we have neglected to recognize the impact such actions could have on the global economy, and perhaps more ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...