If the Fed's 'quantitative easing' was good for the economy, its absence is not
More evidence that this recovery will look like no other since World War II
Japan is everyone's 'bug in search of a windshield'
The strongest headwind we face is that global competition has capped wages
Expectations for QE taper, economic acceleration tempered by fragile nature of recovery
Politicians will have to woo disgruntled voters by actually getting things done
Stable cost of energy is a huge help while buying time
Commentary: If Obama embraced Bowles-Simpson, we'd put him on Mount Rushmore
Commentary: No telling if runup is result of QE pullback, fears of future Fed tightening, or artifact of overregulation
Commentary: It's too soon for president to join public debate over Bernanke's successor
Commentary: Little danger economy will overheat on slow road back to 'normal'
Commentary: Fears of overheating economy or Fed tightening are mostly imagined
Commentary: Until recovery is self-sustaining, slow exit from QE3 is warranted
Commentary: Deep losses have afflicted both the guilty and the innocent
US competitiveness, debt projections are legitimate good news