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News Analysis Since the financial crisis, major central banks have been struggling to raise inflation, but a study ...

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is pushing hard for the approval of the new free trade agreement with Canada and ...

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG—Singapore has cautioned wealth managers against aggressively marketing their services or making other efforts to woo clients ...

WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell urged Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling “in a timely way” to ...

WASHINGTON—There is a growing trend toward digital protectionism in the world and increasing barriers to free flow of ...

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada recognized a better-than-expected second quarter on July 10; however, deeper analysis of the trade ...

Employers have expanded payrolls by 224,000 jobs in June, marking a surge after a weak May, the Bureau ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the ...

Impact Centre senior fellow Charles Plant’s research notes that Canada’s innovation ecosystem is caught in a few vicious ...

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Christopher Waller and Judy Shelton to the board of the Federal Reserve. The president ...

U.S. private employers added 102,000 jobs in June, below economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed ...

American manufacturing grew at a slower pace in June, but not as slow as economists predicted. The Institute ...

HANOI, Vietnam—Vietnam and the European Union signed a free trade agreement on Sunday, June 30, opening opportunities to ...

World's Central Banks Tackle Technology With Innovation Hub

President Donald Trump's deregulation agenda will result in $3,100 of additional income per U.S. household in five to ...

MEXICO CITY—Mexico's Senate voted overwhelmingly on June 19 to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged on June 19 but signaled that it could cut interest ...

Policy-makers are pulling out all the stops to measure and understand the impacts of digitization on the economy.

The government’s rejection of about half the nearly 200 amendments put forth by the Senate after months of ...

WASHINGTON—It has been almost a year since the United States and the European Union (EU) reached an agreement ...

The chief executive of a Minnesota quartz producer is hailing President Donald Trump's tariff policy as a lifeline ...

Recent analyses of Canada’s competitiveness show a worsening trend. Compounding the predicament is the lack of domestic competition.

WASHINGTON—The United States has received the lion's share of foreign investments worldwide, and the nation's continued economic growth, ...

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting the labor market remains ...

WASHINGTON—The current U.S.–China trade dispute could shave 0.5 percent off the global economy, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief ...

Private employers added 27,000 job in May, the fewest since March 2010, according to the ADP National Employment ...