Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before it makes landfall late Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast, sending gasoline prices higher and causing airlines to prepare for flight disruptions.
Fitch Ratings has warned that the U.S. AAA debt rating is in jeopardy if the debt ceiling is not raised before it reaches its upper limit, now expected sometime in early October.
The level of well-being of American women from the baby boom generation has risen, but that momentum has not carried over into subsequent generations, according to a new report.
Late on Friday came word that Fitch Ratings raised the credit rating for Greece to B- from CCC and that its view is Outlook Positive.
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) was recently released for the month of July. Consensus estimates were calling for a reading of +0.22 in the expected range of -0.13 to +0.25, but the…
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey jumped more than expected in August, but the results do not include much data collected following the incident last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The terrorist attack in Barcelona comes during the high season for tourism in Spain, the third-most visited country in the world, and it could dissuade tourists from visiting the Mediterranean nation.
The current economic expansion, one of the nation’s longest, has increased personal income in all states above pre-recession levels, according to a recent report from Pew Charitable Trusts. However, the gains have been uneven,…
Thursday brought five different major views that measure broad economic activity, and the results look mixed. Jobs data looked strong, but other economic activity seems to be less robust than seen in prior months.
A trade war is brewing between the United States and China, but U.S. companies operating in China do not seem to have much to say about the whole matter.
Now that the millennial generation outnumbers the boomers, it's up to them to US economy well-oiled. Some of them are doing their part to rev up a sinking US market for luxury goods.
On Monday, August 21, North America will see a solar eclipse. The path of the total solar eclipse will stretch from Salem, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina, and traverse 14 states.
What has been dubbed the U.S. eclipse of the century could draw as many as 7 million people to the areas in which the sun will be 100% blocked out.
More Americans over the age of 50 have non-mortgage debt and more of it than ever before. This can have profound effects on retirement and future quality of life.
NOAA said there is a 60% chance of an above-normal hurricane and tropical storm season, up from its prediction in May of 45%.
