Bernanke backlash raises fears of double dip recession A defeat of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's quest for another four-year term could raise the risk of a "double dip" recession if ...

An International Monetary Fund economist warned Tuesday that a double-dip recession – defined as a slide back into negative growth following a short recovery from a previous recession – is a risk for ...

CNN — The Federal Reserve finally seems prepared to whip inflation. The last time the Fed faced surging prices like this, it jacked up interest rates and the US economy endured multiple slowdowns. Do ...

Better-than-expected job growth may save the U.S. from the long-feared double-dip recession, according to MSNBC's John Schoen. Private employers added 154,000 jobs, and the job market increased by 117 ...

A new poll reports that nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they are all for a compromise that breaks the debt-ceiling stalemate as soon as possible. But neither that nor a dire warning from the CBO -- ...