Economic Policies

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday defended government intervention in the banking sector and suggested that it may be necessary to take similar measures in case smaller financial institutions experience ...

The cost of the UK government’s energy support scheme caused public sector borrowing to soar to a record ...

LONDON—The dollar fell and sterling steadied on Tuesday as traders reckoned banking stress could keep the Federal Reserve ...

LONDON—Oil rose on Tuesday, extending a recovery from a 15-month low hit the previous day, as the rescue ...

LONDON/SINGAPORE—Global shares rose on Tuesday, after the rescue of Credit Suisse arrested a rout in bank stocks, but ...

Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday as the rescue of Credit Suisse calmed nerves about a ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a new proposal on March 20 aimed at limiting how much profit large ...

Following an emergency announcement on Sunday evening, the Federal Reserve loaned the Swiss National Bank (SNB) $101 million ...

Landlords in the nation's capital will be allowed to evict tenants only for government-approved reasons after Labor and ...

As the federal government tries to push through a swathe of new laws this fortnight, its $10 billion ...

PRAGUE—Czech carmaker Skoda would have to cut 3,000 jobs and axe some models if the European Union's "Euro ...

Members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ...

LONDON/HONG KONG—Bitcoin climbed to a nine-month high on Monday as turmoil in the banking sector drives some investors ...

Wall Street's main indexes opened mixed on Monday as investors weighed a state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse and ...

Not all Americans' uninsured deposits will be protected by the federal government in the event of future bank collapses, ...

TOKYO/LONDON—Japan's yen rallied on Monday as investors sought out safe assets after UBS' cut-price takeover of its beleaguered ...

Credit Suisse shares dove by 63 percent in early trading on March 20 to a new low after ...

Britain’s central bank has said the UK financial system remains “safe and sound” as it seeks to calm ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's handling of the economy, accusing him of trying to put up ...

LONDON—Oil prices fell on Monday to their lowest in 15 months on concern that risks in the global ...

BEIJING—Global stock markets sank Monday after Swiss authorities arranged the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse amid fears of ...

Landlords in Queensland could be forced to keep rents artificially low as the state government considers ways to ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Sunday that it is collaborating with some of the world's largest central ...

Commentary There is no such thing as a free lunch. So goes the saying. Someone always has to ...

Commentary This was undoubtedly the week that was. Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) failure sent the markets into the ...

A total of $352.1 billion in business subsidies have been paid out by all three levels of government ...

Commentary "QE" or Quantitative Easing has been the bull's siren song for the last decade, but will "Not ...