A survey of business economists indicates that more companies are expecting the economy to improve this year than they did just three months ago. Labor shortages and the impact of tariffs remain concerns, however.
Rarely does a disease spread fast enough and is labeled dangerous enough that it quickly gets the attention of the World Health Organization. A coronavirus, which has killed dozens of people in China and…
Alaska remained the state with the highest unemployment rate in December for several reasons. Yet, the median household income in Alaska is among the highest of all states.
While the interest rate environment in the United States is still expected to remain stable for most or all of 2020, there are still likely to be negative interest rates outside of the United…
The United States sank to its lowest score of the past eight years on a corruption index scale published by Transparency International.
After a rocky first week of 2020, consumer sentiment has once again turned positive, according to analysts at Morning Consult.
The IMF on Tuesday released the latest revision of its World Economic Outlook, just in time for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The most notable finding of the PricewaterhouseCoopers 23rd CEO survey is that six in 10 of them believe there will be a global growth decline within the next 12 months.
The new Global Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund strikes a positive tone at first. It then piles on all the threats to the global economy.
With a slowing economy and with trade tensions with the United States high in 2019, China's growth rate came in at 30-year lows.
It is rather important to evaluate retail sales when it comes to the broader economy. Somewhere close to 70% of total U.S. gross domestic product is tied to spending at the consumer level.
The Institute of International Finance has issued its latest outlook on debt. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to put some of the overgrowing debt into context in U.S. terms.
The United States suffered from 14 major weather events costing at least $1 billion each in 2019. That's just two fewer than the number of similar events in 2017, but the total dollar damage…
Greenhouse gas emissions declined year over year in 2019, due almost entirely to a sharp decline in the use of coal to generate electricity.
The weekly index of consumer sentiment from Morning Consult shows consumers continue to be upbeat.
