Economies

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut the short-term fed funds interest rate by a quarter percent and added to its first overnight liquidity injection since the global financial crisis after panic ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced Sept. 18 that it would cut its benchmark federal funds rate for the second ...

President Donald Trump said that the United States might soon strike the “greatest deal ever” with China. “I ...

A return to stagflation may happen. But even if the U.S. economy does fall into recession, it will ...

As both the world’s largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world and the largest beneficiary ...

BALTIMORE—White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sept. 13 that the U.S. economy is now on the ...

Past government efforts to help lower-income Canadians through minimum wage hikes and child benefits are proving less effective ...

President Donald Trump applauded China’s “big move” to waive import tariffs on 16 types of U.S. products days ...

WASHINGTON—The recent weakness in U.S. business investment may be largely related to falling oil prices and the grounding ...

If America is to be successful in its bid to roll back China’s power and influence over the ...

Hiring by U.S. employers was slower but steady in August, and hourly pay jumped—trends that should sustain the ...

WASHINGTON—Hong Kong is a critical financial gateway for mainland China, therefore increased meddling in the city’s affairs by ...

U.S. services sector activity accelerated in August and private employers boosted hiring.

Venezuela's Armed Forces Bank Slams Mastercard for Halting Card Service.

The Bank of Canada is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

US Manufacturing Shrinks for First Time in Three Years

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said the trade war with China wouldn't hurt U.S. consumers, after the latest round of ...

Strength in Canada’s labour market is down to educated women, while less-educated men are falling behind

We’ve entered into an era of systemic malfunction and high economic uncertainty.

SYDNEY—A global trade war was a "significant risk" to the world economy though Australia's shrinking current account deficit ...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG—China's yuan slumped to a fresh 11-year low against the dollar on Aug. 26 and stocks fell ...

The United States and Japan reached an agreement on the core principles of a trade deal during the ...

With the Canadian economy in decent shape, the housing market is warming up again, and the recent sharp ...

MSNBC anchor, Stephanie Ruhle, claimed that it was "about time" that America goes through a recession, saying during ...

The mainstream media, and much of academia thinks America’s tariffs against Chinese products are very bad policy and ...

Labor productivity in the nonfarm sector rose by 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from the ...

Of note is Canada’s “Express Entry” (EE) program, introduced in 2015 under Stephen Harper’s Conservative government and since ...