Economy

WASHINGTON—U.S. home sales fell more than expected in November after five straight months of gains amid a shortage of properties and more expensive houses, but the housing market remains underpinned ...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has announced several more prospective picks for the National Economic Council (NEC), a ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in a Senate floor speech Monday tore into fellow Republicans as they prepared vote ...

Under the newly-passed $900 billion pandemic relief bill, U.S. citizens and green card holders who are married to ...

While Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package on Monday, dozens of legislators voted against it. In ...

The House of Representatives and the Senate on Monday passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill following months of ...

Walter Ehmer, the CEO of Waffle House, said on Sunday that there is no evidence that the CCP (Chinese ...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that the federal government will deposit the stimulus payments into bank accounts ...

Congress is expected to vote on Monday on a newly agreed upon stimulus package, after months of negotiations. ...

NEW YORK—Many U.S. holiday shoppers, wary of spending time in stores during the latest surge of COVID-19 cases ...

WASHINGTON—A conflict within the Trump administration has come to light over how to implement the president's new executive order, which ...

A ban on new oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands would cost eight Western states $8.1 ...

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose again last week to 885,000, the highest weekly total ...

WASHINGTON—Most small business owners in the United States believe the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is still ahead ...

U.S. households across the board built up savings during the pandemic, but low-income households are burning through their ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced on Dec. 16 that it would keep U.S. interest rates near zero as the pandemic continues ...

LOS ANGELES—Workers at the busiest U.S. seaport are plucking containers of toys off ships and out of massive ...

WASHINGTON—A federal banking regulator on Dec. 15 finalized new rules that should make it easier for non-bank companies ...

BOSTON/WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE—MSCI Inc. will cut seven Chinese firms from some of its global indexes, it said on Tuesday, the ...

Millions of people have moved out of New York City during the pandemic, but at the same time, ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturing output increased more than expected in November, boosted by motor vehicle production, although momentum could slow ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) expressed confidence on Dec. 15 that ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Dec. 14 unveiled details of their two-part $908 billion COVID-19 relief plan ...

NEW YORK—The U.S. Department of Labor on Dec. 11 finalized a rule requiring pension funds to vote on ...

WASHINGTON—In about two weeks, at least 9 million jobless U.S. residents are at risk of losing the unemployment ...

Senators crafting a fresh, bipartisan COVID-19 relief package promised Sunday not to leave Washington without approving the legislation. ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. producer prices barely rose in November, supporting views that inflation would remain benign in the near term ...