A survey of business executives in nine Midwestern and Plains states, including Minnesota, suggests their state economies are humming right along despite wholesale inflationary pressures.

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada moved to put a halt to growing speculation about a recession Thursday, saying the country's considerable strengths will buffer the economy from the current "shocks."

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both bracing to take over a troubled economy in January. But their assessments of how dire the situation is - and their remedies for fixing it - are as different as the two presidential rivals themselve

The US labor market held up better than expected in April, with 20,000 jobs cut in the month, according to data Friday that analysts said signaled a mild economic downturn but not a calamity.

A marketing professor at the Kelley School of Business used to proclaim he could teach all one needed to know about economics in a week. That was back in the days when faculty would spend a few minutes of the morning hours in the coffee room engaged in fr