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President Obama makes his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday amid economic anxiety. Obama is expected to talk about his own budget and other challenges facing his fledgling administration.

The prime minster of Thailand says she plans to go ahead with next month's elections, despite opposition protests that have blocked much of the center of Bangkok. The anti-government demonstrators want the current, caretaker prime minister to step down, to be replaced with an unelected "people's council". The political turmoil is also impacting the local economy.

The U.S. unemployment rate continues to drop and the economy keeps improving, but the European debt crisis looms. What are countries doing to prepare themselves? Not much. Still, 2012 could be a good one for the global economy.

The U.S. economy continues to spiral downward. A report released Friday by the Commerce Department shows that the economy contracted at the end of last year by the fastest pace since 1982. This puts even more pressure on President Barack Obama, who this week presented his $3.6 trillion budget proposal. Saturday morning, the president said he knows he faces an uphill battle.

NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins us to talk about the politics of President Obama's economic speech at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

Missouri, a key swing state in the 2004 presidential election, had a rough ride in the last recession. But voters across the state have very different views on whether the local economy is on the upswing or in decline. NPR's John Ydstie reports.

Hurricane season is upon us, and Florida has already seen its first tropical storm. Although Andrea was just a warning shot compared a devastating…

The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession. High inflation hit consumer spending.

Manufacturing in China is at a six-month high, but many economists think this growth could be driven by government policy rather than by real demand. NPR's Frank Langfitt joins us to explain.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ease the country's economic woes by diversifying its heavy reliance on oil and gas.