Economy

President Donald Trump on Friday announced he was vetoing a driftnet fishing bill that recently passed with support from both parties. S. 906, or the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) backed President Donald Trump’s call to increase the stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 on Jan. 1 ...

Retailing giants racked up huge profits in 2020, driven by a surge in online sales, while many small ...

NEW YORK—The U.S. Treasuries market took investors on a bumpy ride in 2020, with yields plunging to historic ...

Wall Street investors with access to newly listed stocks at their exclusive initial public offering prices reaped huge ...

The Federal Reserve extended the end date for its Main Street Lending Program by eight days to process ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s response to the coronavirus pandemic began on Feb. 28 with a 44-word statement of ...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says the next round of stimulus checks should focus on those who are most ...

OMAHA, Neb.—U.S. factories have been cranking out goods during much of the pandemic at rates that are remarkably ...

Americans can expect to start receiving a second round of stimulus checks, with some coming as early as ...

The Trump administration has strengthened an executive order that bans U.S. investment in Chinese military companies, according to ...

The House of Representatives voted late on Dec. 28 to amend the COVID-19 relief bill to boost direct ...

NEW YORK—Outsized bets on large U.S. technology companies and emerging cryptocurrencies fueled the year’s top-performing U.S. mutual fund ...

Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) issued a joint statement Sunday praising President Donald Trump for ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday evening signed the $2.3 trillion pandemic relief and spending bill after reaching an ...

U.S. retail sales rose 3 percent during this year’s expanded holiday shopping season powered by a pandemic-driven shift ...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the $2.3 trillion spending package, which ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she will call House members back on Monday to hold ...

There were multiple attempts on Thursday from both Republicans and Democrats in the House of Representatives to amend ...

Republican Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he disagrees with giving large direct payment checks to employed Americans because ...

President Donald Trump forced the months-long pandemic relief saga into overtime on Dec. 22 with the surprise release ...

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) signaled that they are open to ...

President Donald Trump said that Congress needs to pass a pandemic stimulus bill that includes $2,000 direct payments ...

Congress on Monday night passed a $900 billion CCP virus stimulus package that included $600 stimulus payments for ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter, fueled by more than $3 trillion ...

WASHINGTON—The long-awaited nearly $900 billion U.S. pandemic aid package will help banks by boosting borrowers’ finances, easing a ...