As news of the opioid epidemic are on front pages around the country, that and other substance abuse problems plague almost half of America's families. Portions of the trouble continue to rise year after…
The IMF has released an update to its latest World Economic Outlook with lower growth expected this year, but it is still looking for global growth to be better in 2020 than in 2019.
Total U.S. student loan debt is more than five times higher than it was in 2013 and the average loan per borrower has nearly tripled. Who are these borrowers and will they repay?
As the visibility and number of mass shootings in the United States rises, so has the worry that people or their families will be victims, according to Gallup.
A cost of living adjustment brought payouts up by 1.6% for the more than 63 million Americans who take Social Security benefits starting in January of 2020.
Measuring the true rate of inflation might not be as easy as it seems. After a weak wholesale inflation reading for September, consumer inflation ticked up in September.
According to the latest estimate by the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. government ran a budget deficit just shy of $1 trillion in the recently closed fiscal year.
Small business optimism slips again but remains generally positive as well as uncertain.
The Federal Reserve has been trying to get inflation closer to its 2% mandate for some time, but the current economy just isn't allowing it.
The forecast for U.S. economic growth this year and next has deteriorated according the most recent survey of economists by the National Association of Business Economics. Four out of five believed risks are weighted…
The latest forecast of the National Association of Business Economists puts gross domestic product expansion at less than 2% next year.
The U.S. trade war with China may be new, but many economists, analysts and market pundits have voiced concerns about China's core economy and other issues about the country for years.
Sometimes there is a situation where bad news is good news in the financial markets. After the first contraction was seen in manufacturing this week, it turns out that services sector is slowing down…
After weaker-than-expected manufacturing data was at a 10-year low and representing contraction, now the services sector is seeing some weak data as well.
The size of the average U.S. household in 1790 was 5.79 people. By 2010 that figure was 2.58 people. That long-term trend appears to have reversed itself very recently, according to recently released Census…
