The debate circling around MMT has not escaped institutional investors, who want to know their money manager's take on the macroeconomic view.

Global economist Dambisa Moyo talks politics, infrastructure requirements and the need to reset ideals.

Elga Bartsch joined the BlackRock Investment Institute as head of economic and markets research.

People in the U.S., U.K. and Australia are struggling to prepare for retirement because of increasing demands on them to manage their own risks.

Pensions & Investments' ninth annual global pension symposium in Tokyo, under the banner this year of “derisking vs. risk taking,” found Japan's public and corporate pension funds staking out ground on opposite sides of the risk spectrum.

The U.S. is facing three retirement “train wrecks”: the growth of social security entitlements, “grotesquely underfunded” pension funds, and the structure of defined contribution plans, Jack Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, said Thursday at the 25th annual Morningstar Investor Conference in Chicago.

Treasury 10-year yields fell from the highest level in nine months after a government report showed the U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter.

New York City police on Monday arrested 124 Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrating the movement's first birthday.

Private-sector retirement plans got a passing mention Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention, where the party platform focused on Social Security.

Market-valued unfunded public pension liabilities made up 67% of all state debt, according to a report Tuesday by State Budget Solutions, a non-profit organization advocating state budget reform.

The current tax treatment for 401(k) plans costs the U.S. Treasury $50 billion to $70 billion in revenue each year, according to an analysis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

Talking about a “lost decade” brings back bitter memories for Latin Americans of a certain age. It takes us back to the 1980s, when accumulated debt problems led to recession and eventual hyperinflation. We may now face more “lost decades” in the U.S. and Europe.