Global government debt reached the equivalent of $66 trillion at the end of 2018 according to a report from Fitch Ratings. That's almost twice as high as global debt at the end of 2007…
It hasn't exactly been a secret that the housing construction market and the nonresidential construction markets have slowed throughout the end of 2018 and into 2019. The big question is how these markets will come out…
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday released the latest revision to its World Economic Outlook. Growth is expected to diminish slightly over the next couple of years, but it could get worse--or better.
What are the serious threats to global business for 2019? An annual survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers lists the top 10 as identified by nearly 1,400 CEOs from around the world.
A new survey shows that natural disasters cost the world $225 billion last year. Most of the damage was done by weather-related catastrophes.
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index plunged nearly 8% month over month in January, the largest drop in the month's preliminary index since early in the current economic cycle.
Compared to 2017, last year's estimate for natural disasters causing more than $1 billion in damages appears to be a big improvement.
Rising student loan debt has prevented about a fifth of young Americans from purchasing homes.
The government's partial shutdown will hurt some parts of the economy much more than others, and that pain has already started.
The government shutdown could be costing the U.S. economy some $4.3 billion a month in pretax dollars. The shutdown has a particularly harsh effect on families of the country's military forces.
The British Parliament delivered a very wide defeat to Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal terms. For the time being, at least, Britain will remain in the European Union.
Chinese direct investment in U.S. assets fell to a seven-year low last year and the outlook for 2019 is worse barring a warming in relations between the U.S. and Chinese governments.
Teachers at the Los Angeles Unified School District, one of the largest in the nation, have gone on strike to protest what they claim are classes with too many students.
The Department of Labor reported that the Producer Price Index for final demand fell more than expected in December.
With the U.S. unemployment rate at its lowest level in decades, how much should Americans worry about rampant inflation as workers begin to see real increases in their paychecks?
