economic recovery

Orange County leaders say they're optimistic the recently-released draft budget will benefit local businesses and public schools. “We think that this budget that the governor presented has a number of ...

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 ...

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

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

Manufacturers across Europe ended 2020 on a high while Asian factory activity expanded moderately thanks to increased demand ...

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

Global commodity markets ended 2020 on a strong note, with recovering demand and widespread stimulus packages buoying prices ...

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

Commentary I remember that in 2009, three phrases were constantly repeated: “In this crisis, measures are different, because ...

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

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

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

WASHINGTON—U.S. job openings increased in October, but many of the help wanted signs could disappear amid widespread restrictions ...

BENGALURU—U.S. economic growth will lose momentum this quarter and next but expand faster than previously thought after that, ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. airlines carried 62 percent fewer passengers in October over the same month last year, the U.S. Department ...

U.S. corporations are sitting on record amounts of cash to reduce shock caused by the coronavirus pandemic, S&P ...

Commentary Judging from the fake news media’s collective primal scream this weekend, you would think the American economy ...

PARIS—The Paris Airshow has been canceled for the first time since World War II, raising questions about the ...

NEW YORK—The U.S. economy’s growth is likely slowing as 2020 comes to a close, but a growing number ...

Commentary According to JP Morgan, equity markets haven't been this expensive so early into an economic recovery phase ...

Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a second straight month in October as an acute ...

Commentary U.S. jobless claims have picked up since the election and the second wave of the CCP virus ...

The global economy is recovering from the depths of the coronavirus crisis, but there are signs of slowing ...

Growing confidence among business and consumers suggests the recovery from Australia's first recession in nearly 30 years is ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and two of the European Union’s top political leaders expressed their commitment to strengthen ...

State governments need to wean themselves off border barriers or risk the economic recovery, business groups say. The ...