ThinkstockThere has been some uptick in estimates for fourth-quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation coming into 2018. After all, the surging stock market would help support those trends, which the Federal Reserve needs…
The World Economic Forum has released its Global Risks Report 2018, a collection of the opinions of a portion of the global elite. Cybersecurity and the environment were high on the list of anxieties.
Refinancing existing student loans can be a good choice for many graduates, but be prepared to jump through some pretty tight hoops.
Online sales at the top 100 U.S. retail websites rose nearly 18% during the recently passed holiday shopping season according to researchers at Adobe Analytics.
Since 2000, the number of U.S. jobs has grown by 17 million. All that growth has been among workers aged 55 and older.
Inflationary pressures seem to be building and that could push prices higher into 2018. Higher inflation is also expected to justify further interest rate hikes.
It turns out that the rumors that China was going to stop or seriously slow down its buying of Treasuries isn't true. That being said, there are still other risks to weigh for interest…
The National Federation of Independent Business reported that December small business optimism dipped slightly from a near-record high in November, but 2017 posted the highest annual reading in the survey's history.
The Fed reported Monday that consumer credit rose in November 2017 at the fastest rate in two years and that month-over-month growth was the largest in 16 years.
NOAA on Monday released data on the number of billion+ dollar weather events of 2017. The agency also noted that 2017 was the third-warmest year since record-keeping started 123 years ago.
One of the most important monthly economic releases is the Employment Situation report from the U.S. Department of Labor. This is one of the top measurements of a healthy economy,
The Institute of International Finance reported that global debt reached over $230 trillion at the end of the third quarter.
People are moving to small states and leaving large ones, according to a recently released study, due in part to new relocation habits of baby boomers.
An expected three Fed interest rate hikes are on tap for 2018. If all three materialize they will affect how much a mortgage or car loan costs and how much interest you can earn…
The markets are going to get their last employment situation report for 2017 on Friday, and the unemployment rate is expected to remain flat.
