Update: Tuesday, Jan. 1: 11:59 p.m. EST: Before leaving for Hawaii, President Obama hailed the fiscal-cliff bill, which he plans to sign. With regard to future negotiations over the nation’s budget, ...

As December begins and the countdown to resolve the fiscal cliff heats up, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is hopeful. The Washington Post reports that Geithner said a deal will be reached in time ...

If you haven't already heard the phrase "fiscal cliff," get used to it. You'll be hearing a lot about it over the next six months. One of the most important but unknown facts about the federal ...

President Barack Obama spoke Monday at 1:30 p.m. — with just hours left before the midnight fiscal cliff deadline — to say lawmakers were inching closer to a deal that would prevent automatic tax ...

U.S. stock markets rallied Wednesday after the House passed the fiscal cliff deal late Tuesday night. The Dow Jones industrial average, which was up 263 points in the first 45 minutes of trading, lost ...

For investors who prefer quick and aggressive fixes for problems, the New Year's Day deal in Congress to reach a stopgap measure to address the fiscal cliff is just the latest example of Washington's ...

The face-to-face meeting at the White House Sunday between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner has led to analyses such as these this morning: -- "The contours of a deal to avert the ...

1 A $9 billion "sop for Wall Street banks and major multinationals": Section 322, created in 1997, allows manufacturers and banks to defer taxes when they engage in a special type of transactions ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...