- 17 Nov 2012 00:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- With the United States election now over, the world waits with bated breath to see how the country will address its looming "fiscal cliff".
- 10 Nov 2012 07:00 - Sapa-AFP
- US President Barack Obama claimed he has a mandate to hike taxes on the rich, firing his first post-election shot at Republicans.
- 07 Nov 2012 11:01 - John Whitesides, Steve Holland,
- President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the US economy.
- 07 Nov 2012 09:35 - Andy Sullivan
- In the end, US President Barack Obama won re-election on the issue that was supposed to send him packing: the country's sluggish economy.
- 28 Jun 2011 09:26 - Maya Fisher-French
- With the US at risk of default, bonds and cash are a bigger risk than you realise.
- 23 Nov 2010 14:30 - Maya Fisher-French
- Bernanke says the US is not a patient country - which is the US in a nutshell
- 24 Mar 2009 06:00 - Kevin Davie
- Another way to think about the prospects of recovery is last week's US wealth data. Americans lost a collective $12.7-trillion last year.
- 09 Jan 2009 14:58 - Caren Bohan
- Barack Obama's economic team is working on an overhaul of the $700-billion programme, with the aim of doing more to spur the flow of credit to the US.
- 27 Nov 2008 06:00 - Elana Schor
- The bosses of the United States' big three carmakers appeared before Congress last week to plead the case for a $25-billion government aid package.
- 03 Nov 2008 06:00 - Kevin Davie
- With the United States election just around the corner, who'd want to be in the shoes of either front-runner Barack Obama or John McCain?
- 15 Oct 2008 06:00 - Lynley Donnelly
- The global slowdown could affect mining, writes Lynley Donnelly.
- 14 Oct 2008 06:00 -
- Having sabotaged eco-innovations, the motor industry is now demanding billions, writes George Monbiot.
- 01 Oct 2008 06:00 -
- The true impact of this plan lies in the limitations it will place on other areas of public spending, writes Bill Emmott.
- 09 Oct 2008 06:00 - Nils Pratley
- It was a bad plan -- but it was a plan. The refusal of the US House of Representatives to back Hank Paulson's bail out takes us into new territory.
- 05 Oct 2008 06:00 - Simon Tisdall
- Washington has seen a 'throw the bums out' mood before. But this is something else.
- 04 Oct 2008 06:00 - Andrew Clark
- Emergency rescue plan to go back to the House of Representatives.
- 03 Oct 2008 06:00 - Staff Reporter
- As the global markets have gone into meltdown, South Africa is relatively isolated -- but only relatively.
- 19 Sep 2008 06:00 - Kevin Davie
- Who's to blame? Indebted Americans? Alan Greenspan? Slack credit rating agencies? Greedy and overpaid chief executives?
- 18 Sep 2008 06:00 - Larry Elliott
- Larry Elliott takes a look at the bail-out which is a nationalisation designed to avert the worst market collapse since the 1930s.
- 30 Aug 2008 06:00 - Andrew Clark
- An official "watch list" of potentially troubled US banks has lengthened from 90 to 117 as the credit crunch wreaks havoc.
