Stacey Vanek Smith

From unemployed college grads to homemakers, reporter Stacey Vanek Smith talks to the people who are protesting in Zuccotti Park.

There's no economic crisis in North Dakota. Oil in the hundreds of billions of barrels fuels an economy that others states could envy.

Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims studied an issue central to our dilemma today: How government policies actually affect the real economy.

How a company designed its way into the national consciousness and created millions of loyal users.

Global stock markets tumbled a day after the Federal Reserve, justifying its latest moves, cited "significant downside risks" to the U.S. economy.

Advertising rose 5 percent in the first half of the year, but banks boosted their spending even more as they seek new business in a weak economy.

Consumer sentiment. Consumer comfort. We've got measures galore on consumers. But do these surveys have any predictive value?

Facebook rolls out plan for users to group friends in categories. The move is meant to boost revenue by enabling advertisers to target their pitches.

In 2009, the Home Affordable Refinance Program was put into action to allow around 5 million homeowners to refinance. Now, only a fraction of those have been helped and the program is falling below expectations.

A big labor shift is underway as 42 million Americans settle for contract work and freelance gigs amid a shortage of traditional 9-to-5 jobs.