Countrywide Financial Corp. said Thursday that it had boosted its borrowing capacity by $12 billion, as the mortgage lender struggles to weather the slowdown in the housing market. ...more

September 14, 2007

Health insurance premiums paid by workers and their employers rose an average of 6.1 percent this year, outpacing inflation and pay increases and taking a bigger chunk out of families' budgets, according to a new survey. ...more

September 12, 2007

Consumers kept charging at a rapid pace on their credit cards in July although their overall borrowing slowed a bit. ...more

September 11, 2007

The U.S. economy will slow sharply this year and fall behind growth rates in most of the world, according to forecasts in a U.N. report released Wednesday. ...more

September 6, 2007

The economic situation is giving government no easy tax and spend options. ...more

September 4, 2007