Economy

The United States is absorbing the impact of a global oil shock more effectively than many peers, with economists pointing...

The lead Jerome Powell closed his final press conference as chair of the US Federal Reserve with a brief sign-off...

The US happiness decline since 2020 is proving far more persistent than economists expected, with new analysis suggesting the pandemic...

Debt burden crosses postwar threshold The US national debt has exceeded the size of its economy for the first time...

The rapid expansion of US government borrowing is beginning to undermine the long-standing perception of Treasury bonds as the world’s...

A historic divide: Why are markets soaring while consumers struggle? US economic pessimism has reached unprecedented levels, even as major...

“Not just America”: A global fiscal strain emerges The International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning that the United...

California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage was introduced with heavy warnings from business groups, franchise owners, and some economists who argued...

Global markets are extending a sharp rebound, with the latest gains putting U.S. equities close to record territory and underscoring...

Is Wall Street misreading the inflation signal? A growing consensus across financial markets holds that surging energy costs are the...