If the Federal Reserve wants more evidence of inflation to help justify that likely December interest rate hike, the Fed presidents are going to have to look somewhere other than import and export prices.
Moody's expects slack growth in the world's economy for the next two years, which leaves it vulnerable to "shocks" such as those that could cause another financial crisis or recession.
China has a very limited number of options to decrease its air pollution, and those efforts would undermine GDP growth that already is faltering.
A new study by the World Bank claims that climate change could do more than cause rising ocean levels. The trend could also drive 100 million people into poverty.
A private college education may give the graduate bragging rights, but for many young people, that was never enough by itself.
Coupon use in the United States remains high, with 85% of American using coupons at least occasionally, according to CreditCards.com.
So, it turns out that Janet Yellen may have actually tipped her hand about a strong payrolls report after all.
The airlines can cheer the holidays, or at least the early part of them. Thanksgiving travel is expected to rise 3% to 25.3 million people.
A Bureau of Labor Statistics report on Thursday showed that nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 1.6% annualized rate during the third quarter of 2015.
This week's testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen may have caused a stock market sell-off by noting that the conditions seem right for that elusive fed funds interest rate hike in December.
Does the trade deficit even matter anymore? That is a legitimate question. The last time an actual trade surplus was seen was too long ago to even try to guess.
Factory orders were down 1.0% in the month of September, more or less in line with the Bloomberg consensus.
October marks the third consecutive month that the ISM manufacturing reading flirted with contraction.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Monday morning that construction spending in September increased a little.
If cold and snow keep customers away from retailers, this year the weather should favor them, according to the National Weather Service.
