Losing a job is a stressful event for anyone but the impact of short-term unemployment on African-Americans takes a harsher toll on mental health than it does for white Americans.
Brookings Institution senior fellow David Wessel examines possible effects of the Trump tariffs on the U.S. economy.
The annual Federal Reserve symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, starts on Friday, and Fed watchers are pulling out their binoculars. Fed Chair Jay Powell is set to speak in the aftermath of being publicly…
Some economic reports look strong. Others look weak. At the end the day, a bad economic report is a bad economic report.
As Hurricane Lane bears down on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, analysts at CoreLogic estimate that more than $8 billion in property is at risk of heavy damage from the storm.
If you thought that Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting for July 31 and August 1 was all over and done, guess again. Wednesday brought the release of the FOMC minutes. Despite the information being…
The current bull market is 3,453 days old, which is a record. It will end, but when? And how bad will the sell-off be?
A new report from the Educator's School Safety Network shows that a relative handful of states were responsible for half of the incidents and threats of violence that were recorded for the 2017-2018 school…
Some members of the California legislature want to pass a bill that would govern which drinks restaurants can offer children. Would it hurt the soda business in the state?
In an effort to right the country's collapsed economy, Venezuelan President Maduro has issued a new currency and raised wages for workers. The announced steps have almost no chance of making a difference.
A wave of 100 degrees plus weather across much of the United States is not over. And the effects on the economy are likely to worsen each day.
The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index reading for August hit an 11-month low as consumers are worrying more about inflation. Final numbers for the month come out on August 31.
The Turkish economic disaster caught many of the world's global financial experts by surprise, so it is no wonder that the catastrophe has roiled the markets so badly.
The country's economic security system developed in the manufacturing cities in the upper Midwest spread the benefits of a booming U.S. economy in the post-World War II era. Those benefits have eroded and need…
The Rust Belt has many economic challenges, but also boasts important economic strengths, perhaps none as important as the tremendous innovation and talent emerging from its companies and universities, argues John C. Austin of…
