Believe it: the crisis of deflation has been turned into the problem of inflation.

For Treasury, it's not a problem at all -- and even if it is, it's the Fed's.

With VC funding and IPOs still depressed, the growth engine is likely to sputter.

The world fumes while Geithner says it's Bernanke's problem and Bernanke says its Congress's problem

Next week the FOMC will repeat its assurance to keep rates low for "an extended period."

Still no "new era" of consumer retrenchment -- but no investment renaissance, either.

Stocks see an impossible earnings triple -- but gold sees inevitable inflation.

This move back toward political balance underscores the durability of the March bottom.

The recovery is more jobless than ever, and the Fed is pushed further to indefinite ease.

The economy can't grow without the small business sector -- and it's hardly recovering.