Barack Obama sought to distinguish between the need to run big deficits for several years and the need to reduce them later.

Barack Obama sought to distinguish between the need to run big deficits for several years and the need to reduce them later.

Barack Obama said that his administration would be forced to impose tighter discipline on government.

A few resolutions Barack Obama should make for 2009.

The length of the credit crisis will will depend on the availability of credit in all its forms.

The question, as a new week begins, is whether this plan will produce lasting effects not only for Citigroup but also for the broader stock market.

A look at some of the crucial issues that will test the new administration, and how it might address them.

A look at crucial economic issues that will test the Obama administration, and how the new president might address them.

The chairman of the Federal Reserve told Congress that he supported a round of additional spending measures.

The chairman of the Federal Reserve told Congress that he supported a round of additional spending measures.