Full Coverage: U.S. Economy

Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session

AP - 18 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Wall Street capped its worst week ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials rocket within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually end with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses made many stocks tempting for traders looking for bargains.

Slideshow: Stock Markets

Off the Wires

Lehman debt auction gives clue to potential losses AP - 41 minutes ago
Energy stocks whacked by diving crude, gas prices AP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
Economy is overriding issue in governors' races AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
Gas price fall may lure travelers off planes Reuters - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
What rate cut? Interbank lending rates keep rising AP - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

» More Off the Wires

News Stories

First Into Recession, California Shows Possible Future for U.S. at The Wall Street Journal - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
U.S. May Take Ownership Stake in Banks at The New York Times - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Is the stock market ready for a comeback? at The Los Angeles Times - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
U.S. Stocks Drop, Erasing Early Gains at Bloomberg.com - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Fed provides more help to banks at CNN/Money - Mon, Oct 06, 2008

» More News Stories

Feature Articles

Switching to Cash May Feel Safe, but Risks Remain at The New York Times - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
What about Fannie and Freddie? at Christian Science Monitor - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Keeping Customers in a Crummy Economy at Business Week - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
At Massage Office, Business Is a Chart of Wall Street Nerves at The New York Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Looking for loans in new places at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Behind big job losses, a tighter credit squeeze The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon, Oct 06, 2008

» More Feature Articles

Opinion & Editorials

It's Time for Banks To Put Their Chips On the Table at The Wall Street Journal - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must go at Christian Science Monitor - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Easy Money Causes Bubble; Easy Money Cures Bust at Bloomberg.com - Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Is It 1929 Again? at The Washington Post - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Mailing Our Way to Solvency at The New York Times - Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Rescue Legislation Contains Palliatives, No Cure at Bloomberg.com - Mon, Oct 06, 2008

» More Opinion & Editorials

Related Web Sites

U.S. Economic Calendar - economic indicators to be released in the coming week. From Yahoo! Finance.
Economy at a Glance - Key economic statistics, updated monthly. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Federal Reserve System Beige Book - provides national and regional summaries of U.S. economic conditions.
U.S. Department of Commerce - site includes updates on economic indicators and data.
The Conference Board - non-profit, non-advocacy organization that created the consumer confidence index, an economic indicator released monthly. Also tracks leading economic indicators.
Statistics of Income (SOI) - Find out more about individual and corporate income from data files compiled from tax and information returns filed with the IRS.