Economies

The Federal Reserve is considering changing its long-held policy of fighting unemployment levels it has considered too low. After the economy’s solid performance over the past year in particular, the ...

U.S. consumer sentiment jumped to a 15-year high in early May amid growing confidence over the economy's outlook.

The European Union fined Barclays, Citigroup, JP Morgan, MUFG and Royal Bank of Scotland a combined 1.07 billion ...

WASHINGTON—Beijing doesn't want a “hard-line guy” in the White House and hence “brazenly” targets President Donald Trump’s voters ...

WASHINGTON—Confidence about the U.S. economy has emboldened President Donald Trump to take a tougher stance on China, raising ...

BEIJING—President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect on May 10 and Beijing said it ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. productivity grew at a solid 3.6% rate in the first three months of this year, the strongest ...

U.S. job growth continued to increase during the month of April and the overall unemployment rate dropped to ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced that it had left its benchmark federal-funds rate unchanged, after its two-day policy meeting ...

As the Canadian economy remains stuck in quicksand, its labour market has become one of the few bright ...

Private companies added 275,000 jobs in April, handily beating expectations. More than 80 percent of the jobs were ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve’s key inflation gauge rose at a slow pace in March, remaining well below the central ...

Americans reached deeper into their pockets in March, spending nearly $1.2 trillion on consumer goods and services. That’s ...

The US economy is doing great because of Trump not in spite of him

NEW YORK—A committee of China experts held a conference in New York on April 25, calling for a ...

The American economy picked up pace in the first quarter of 2019, with the country's gross domestic product ...

FRANKFURT—German hopes of creating a national banking champion able to challenge global competitors were dashed on April 25 ...

OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada dropped language about future interest rate increases and projected growth in the first half of ...

Bill C-69, which is proving to be a highly controversial and polarizing piece of legislation, has been the ...

Americans are increasingly foregoing unemployment benefits as the job market remains strong and the economy shows signs of ...

With the Trump economy enjoying record levels of employment, manufacturing jobs returning, and interest rates remaining in historically ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. trade deficit declined to its lowest level since June 2018, mainly led by a dramatic drop ...

BEIJING—China's stimulus measures will shore up economic growth this year and next but may undermine the country's drive ...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 8,000 in the week ended April 6. The ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Reserve on April 8 proposed a new regulatory regime for 23 foreign banks operating in ...

LONDON—Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) shut its UK plants on April 8 for five days over Brexit, adding to ...

Deutsche Bank AG’s troubled trading arm will be a focus of European banking regulators when they decide whether ...