On Wednesday, the markets will get a look at January's Consumer Price Index, which is the direct measure of consumer inflation. The inflation reading likely will be hotter than normal.
While Americans use a lot of credit card debt, the vast majority end up regretting it. There are a few exceptional events that appear to warrant spending money we don't have.
The National Federation of Independent Business reported a month-over-month increase of two points in its January optimism index.
24/7 Wall St. wanted to provide a brief outlook of this last week's economic reports and some foreshadowing for the week ahead.
Income inequality is not just a national issue, but a local one as well. A new report from the Brookings Institution identifies the most unequal cities and metro areas in the United States.
The scary market action over the past week may not be over yet, and may be the beginning of a months-long decline in equities that could last through the summer.
While parts of the United States and much of Puerto Rico are still recovering from devastating hurricanes last year, a recent report from the St. Louis Fed noted that hurricanes are not the costliest…
The number of CEOs who left their jobs in January was the highest in 8 years according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
When the financial markets are in panic mode, it's hard to get investors and economists to pay attention to lower-impact economic reports.
The Federal Reserve does not usually have the chairman and regional Fed presidents make comments around each market sell-off.
The economic reports on Monday were far less important compared to the jobs and wages data released on Friday, but we are getting a sense of January's U.S. services and non-manufacturing economy.
A new study estimates that the flu will cost more than $15 billion in lost productivity within the United States this year. But is that number more than just a guess?
Friday's top economic report was the Employment Situation report from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its reading on labor productivity and unit labor costs for the fourth quarter.
As the administration and lawmakers play a game of chicken over the federal budget and how it should be funded, the Congressional Budget Office reports that the United States could run out of money…
