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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released an update of its World Economic Outlook. The current forecast by the IMF for the U.S. economy calls for real output (Gross Domestic Product or GDP) to increase by 3.0 percent in 2011 and then slip back to 2.7 percent growth in 2012.

According to the preliminary estimate from the BEA, the overall U.S. economy grew by 2.9 percent in year 2010 compared to the previous year. The 2.9 percent gains for 2010 were the strongest in the past four years.

Which prospects are most likely to buy what you're selling? Who are your good credit risks? What will your customers buy next? Chances are, your company uses predictive models to answer these and other questions, or soon will.

Why do some companies and organizations perform at a high level year after year, through constantly shifting market conditions, while others are unable to adapt?

Since 1980 China's economy has grown at an average rate of 9.8 percent a year — that's compared to 2-3 percent for developed economies like the U.S.

January brought an uptick in foreclosures in the still-troubled Phoenix real estate market — discouraging words after the drop in foreclosure-related activity in the waning months of 2010. But is it a new trend?

Social isolation in the U.S. has been on the rise for decades, according to research conducted in 2006 by sociologists.

Measuring the performance of workers on an assembly line is simple: Count the objects produced and find out how long the process took. That should reveal the productivity of the factory workers. But how do you determine the performance of knowledge workers?

Phoenix Metro home prices continued their decline in December, and are expected to keep dropping for the foreseeable future.

Those looking for good news in the jobs data became more optimistic as the second half of 2010 unfolded. Starting in July, payroll employment figures for each month were up compared to the same month in the year before.