Economy

Ford Motor Co. announced on Monday plans to cease all production of its automobiles in Brazil this year.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended delaying the passage of the COVID-19 relief measure and its associated second ...

HOUSTON—A decision by OPEC and allied countries to cut crude production through March delivered a late Christmas present ...

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has urged the incoming Biden administration to keep tariffs on China, while crediting ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. consumer borrowing rose 4.4 percent in November 2020, its strongest showing in five months, led by strong ...

WASHINGTON—Newly released transcripts show that many Federal Reserve officials had concerns in late 2015 over whether they were ...

President-elect Joe Biden has renewed calls for $2,000 direct payments to be included in the next CCP virus ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that ...

Hyundai is adding about 471,000 SUVs to a September U.S. recall for an electrical short in a computer ...

Oil prices hit their highest level in nearly a year on Friday, gaining 8 percent on the week.

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell slightly last week to 787,000, a historically high number that ...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a moderate Democrat, on Friday said he opposed providing $2,000 stimulus checks, putting him at odds ...

Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a Justice Department investigation and admit that employees misled regulators about ...

The Treasury Department’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week began sending about 8 million of the $600 payments ...

Wendy's Co said on Thursday restaurant operator Flynn Restaurant Group as well as a few other of its ...

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell slightly last week to 787,000, a historically high number that ...

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dipped last week while staying extremely high, ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. services industry activity accelerated in December, but sky-rocketing COVID-19 infections depressed employment, heightening the risk that the ...

The New York Stock Exchange said on Jan. 6 that it will delist three Chinese telecom companies beginning ...

Around a dozen states have begun paying out the extra $300 per week in unemployment benefits that are ...

WASHINGTON—American factories grew in December 2020 at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued ...

U.S. travel agencies have seen about 61 percent fewer people at security checkpoints last year compared to 2019 ...

WASHINGTON—Spending on U.S. construction projects increased 0.9 percent in November 2020 as strength in home building offset weakness ...

NEW YORK—The year 2020 was a wild one for Wall Street, bookended by the end of the longest ...

WASHINGTON—The stock market ended the turbulent year of 2020 at all-time highs, despite the pandemic lockdown measures and resulting economic recession. ...

Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the modest drop did little to dispel concerns that the ...

The U.S Senate on Friday passed a bill overhauling anti-money laundering rules and banning anonymous shell companies.