Economic forecasters rely on monthly consumer confidence surveys to help them determine the current and future states of the economy. But how reliable are these surveys?

The wage gap between men and women is not as large as you think, nor is it entirely due to discrimination.

One employment survey said 800,000 jobs were lost in the two years after the recession ended in November 2001. Another survey said 2 million more people were working. Can anyone account for this huge gap?

U.S. exports have been booming since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement. But is the story the same for every state?