Households in China aren’t broke, the available data indicate. They’re just exhibiting a reluctance to spend.

Gross domestic product is likely to rise at a 2.4% annual rate in 2026, a tick above the Fed's 2.3% forecast three months ago ...

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Almost everything except for bonds – stocks, interest rates, credit, gold and the U.S. dollar – is having “very normal white ...

A quarterly survey of 28 former Federal Reserve officials and staff shows rising support for a rate hike to combat higher ...

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Wall Street is keen to hear what Federal Reserve policymakers are feeling about the surge in oil prices so far. The big risk ...

Make no mistake, the big increase in wholesale prices is bad news for the Federal Reserve. Increases in wholesale prices are ...

President Donald Trump is once again calling for Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell and other Fed officials to lower ...

Treasury yields were rising Wednesday, as investors weighed a report showing that wholesale inflation accelerated in February. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was rising about 2 basis points to ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been quiet about the outlook since August, when he set the stage for rate cuts at ...

The February PPI report showed a stiff rise in the cost of partly finished goods and raw materials — the things all businesses need in order to produce their goods and services. Worrisome, to be sure, ...