The Federal Reserve has delivered its first formal interest rate hike for the tenure under new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. While the formal rate hike was already expected, what matters is the Fed’s longer-term…
A UNESCO report released Wednesday calls for taking action to meet future demands on global water supplies by using nature-based, sustainability solutions.
For the first time in the history of the United States, the national debt has exceeded $21 trillion, according to the U.S. government.
A new study shows that virtually all the least livable cities in the world are in Africa or the Middle East, with Baghdad at the very bottom of the list.
The University of Michigan's Survey of Consumers showed that consumer sentiment rose yet again in early March.
What drags the economy down early in the year, or at least makes growth lackluster and not moderate?
With the markets worried about inflation creeping higher and about expected gross domestic product growth creeping lower, sometimes the markets have to digest regional data to see if some inferences can be drawn from regional Federal…
When the U.S. Department of Labor released its February measurement of the Producer Price Index (PPI), it showed that producer prices tended to rise more than consumer prices. Unfortunately for the inflation hawks, there…
Bankrate.com says that one in five working Americans are not saving any money out of their pay at all.
With roughly two-thirds of GDP tied to consumer spending, what should the markets make of a big disappointment in retail sales for February?
The Business Roundtable has released its CEO Outlook Index for the first quarter, and it was very positive considering the recent market volatility.
All of a sudden, inflationary fears may be turning into a view that inflation is entering the sweet spot for policymakers.
The OECD interim economic outlook for global growth for 2018 and 2019 does warn of risks to growth and to jobs if trade tension escalates further.
The National Federation of Independent Business reported Tuesday morning that small business optimism reached its second-highest level ever last month.
While there is no proof that the job loss and population loss are directly related, it would appear that there might be some correlation.
