Most are aware that the official unemployment rate tells only part of the story. Lee McPheters, in the lead story of the Western Blue Chip Economic Forecast, writes that the U.S.

The Phoenix area was the nation's weakest large labor market in July, according to figures recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Roger Myerson, a Nobel Laureate in Economics from the University of Chicago, told an audience of Chinese business executives and government officials recently that their country might do better if it liquidated some of its American investments.

A recent internet poll posted on the Money magazine web site asked "When will the U.S. economy improve?" The answer from 80 percent of those responding was that the economy will improve no sooner than next year, or even later.

For decades, insurance companies have been pricing policies based on the belief that adverse selection comes into play among their customers.

Nobody would claim the U.S. economy is healthy right now. After all, we are in the worst contraction since the Great Depression, and poor numbers are being posted for almost every economic indicator.

The U.S. unemployment rate went up again in June, rising to 9.5 percent (seasonally adjusted).

The Kearny Alliance and Arizona State University are co-hosting a series of forums in the U.S. and in China to explore global trade challenges and their impact on the evolving trade infrastructure.

Each year, the W. P. Carey School evaluates the annual accuracy of projections from the 50 national economists that contribute to the consensus forecast reported monthly in Blue Chip Economic Indicators.

The way businesses and policymakers approach economic integration is quite different. Businesses tend to be pragmatic — focusing on finding immediate solutions.