[jyl]

Get a subscription to Economist and read it weekly - its the most neutral, thorough and thoughtful periodical on global economics, politics, and some general-interest news too (science, culture, etc). Not completely neutral, but their bias is pretty obvious, they even refer to it, so you can filter it out.

TV news, most newsweeklies, and almost all daily papers are for crap on anything complex. CNN is no good. FOX is also worthless, they seem to hire people for their breasts not their brains. CNBC is entertainment not analysis.

New York Times is good but rather costly for home delivery, and they tend to have multiple articles over several days or weeks on a subject, rather than a single weekly piece. Wall St Journal is good but maybe a bit "in the weeds". NYT and WSJ both have evident editorial biases, I don't bother to read anything on either's editorial page.

Internet financial blogs are a seriously sketchy information source on this stuff - they are often very knowledgeable, but they almost always are trying to push a particular view and don't seem to have any concept of presenting both sides of the issue, often this crosses over into being downright misleading. Plus, 90% of bloggers seem to have a permanent negative/bearish bias - some events actually are positive/bullish, and they can't seem to comprehend that.

There are some blogs by actual economists that can be very good, but kind of dry.