Top rated stories on U.S. Economy

This week, we're extending our coverage of the U.S. Economy, our featured topic since last week.

High unemployment, market turmoil and the collapse of some of the nation’s biggest finance companies have kept the economy a top concern among voters. As a result, Barack Obama and John McCain are now making the economy a key component of their campaigns. Last week, we looked at the new challenges facing the economy, and how each candidate plans to address them if elected in November.

Here are some of our top stories so far:

News

On Wall Street as on Main Street, a Problem of Denial
New York Times (News Analysis)

AIG: Bail-out or Bust?
Economist (News Analysis)

New Architecture for the Financial World
Washington Post (News Analysis)

Estimates say Fed Budget Deficit Nearing $407B
Associated Press (News Report)

Saving the People's Bank of China
Slate (News Analysis)

Nominees Ignore Credit Crunch
Washington Independent (News Analysis)

Opinion

Effort to Contain Financial Crisis Failing
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Opinion)

Market Beat: Is this a Bailout?
Wall Street Journal (Blog Post)

McCain's Convenient Untruth
Washington Post (Opinion)

Heckuva Job, Bernake
The Nation (Opinion)

Is the Fannie/Freddie Bailout "Socialism"?
Mother Jones (Opinion)

Wall Street Sank Fannie and Freddie
Columbia Journalism Review (Opinion)

Equal Before Mammon
New Yorker (Opinion)

U.S. Economy will remain our featured topic through the end of the week. Help us surface great journalism on the economy by reviewing unrated stories (the ones with gray stars) on our U.S. Economy topic page, or submitting high-quality stories on your own.