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• Look Both Ways: Motorman, Meet Brakeman

  The Fed has signaled that it may raise short-term rates more quickly or for a longer period, but the latest evidence suggests that the U.S. economy is already putting on the brakes. April 18, 2005

• Look Both Ways: Split Personality

  Is the United States a debtor waiting to go bust or a huge demand engine powering the global economy? April 11, 2005

• Look Both Ways: Constructing Growth

  Look for fuel price hikes and higher interest rates to trigger a slowdown in economic growth, one economist says. Even the booming construction industry could be headed for at least a partial fall. April 4, 2005

• Look Both Ways: Why the Price Is Right

  The fast rise in consumer pricing might not be such a bad thing for corporations, since it's outstripping the rise in producer prices. March 28, 2005

• Look Both Ways: Unreal-Estate Numbers

  Despite new statistics showing continued year-on-year growth in the housing market, look for real estate to slow down significantly in 2005 from last year's ''unsustainable'' pace, says Fannie Mae's chief economist. March 21, 2005

• Look Both Ways: Trade Gets Revved Up

  The bad news may also be the good news: The latest trade numbers can easily be read as evidence of an acceleration of both the domestic and global economies rather than any weakness at home. March 14, 2005

• Look Both Ways: Jobs and the Market

  "It's very difficult to see the employment number as strong," says one economist. The markets seem not to share his skepticism, however. March 7, 2005

• Look Both Ways: What, Me Worry?

  A less-than-expected rise in the consumer price index soothes anxieties spawned by a bump in producer prices. February 28, 2005

• Look Both Ways: A Flatter Yield Curve

  Ten-year Treasury yields have gone down while Fed Funds targets are being raised; it's a ''conundrum,'' says Greenspan. February 22, 2005