economy

The Biden administration says its new border measures are proving effective—but a large number of Democrats on Capitol Hill are dissatisfied, accusing President Joe Biden of reviving Trump-era policies. The ...

Commentary China’s population drop will coincide with an economic contraction. For the first time since 1961, the Chinese population ...

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at 2:45 p.m. ET on Jan. 26 after traveling to ...

The U.S. economy expanded 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 3.2 percent in the third quarter, ...

President Joe Biden will visit Virginia on Thursday to deliver a major speech on the economy and target ...

U.S. companies borrowed 9 percent more in December to finance equipment investments compared with a year earlier, industry ...

BERLIN—German business morale brightened in January as Europe's largest economy started the new year with easing inflation and ...

News Analysis The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) recently published that the amount of private financing declined in ...

Commentary China’s latest statistical release seems to have caused quite a stir. Beijing has announced that the nation’s ...

TOKYO—Japan raised its estimates for long-term interest rates over the coming few years in government's twice-yearly fiscal projections ...

TOKYO—Japan's manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in January as export weakness persisted amid a worsening ...

LONDON—Eurozone business activity made a surprise return to modest growth in January, adding to signs the downturn in ...

The likelihood that the United States is already in recession or will fall into one this year has ...

TOKYO—Japan's finances are becoming increasingly precarious, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki warned on Monday, just as markets test whether ...

News Analysis Chip sales in China have tumbled at a whopping rate, as productivity in the semiconductor-related sector ...

Commentary A flurry of reports propagating various economic and demographic statistics from communist China have been in the ...

TOKYO—Japan's consumer inflation rate hit a 41-year high of 4 percent in December, as prices for everything from ...

For the first time in history since the Bank of Canada's founding in 1935, the federal government-owned bank ...

Commentary U.S. household debt increased by 15.2 percent last year and now stands at 36 percent of the ...

WASHINGTON—The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the U.S. reached a four-month low last week, a sign ...

The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan dropped to its lowest level since September ...

Australia's manufacturing union is calling on the government to examine the amount of white paper available in the ...

Russia's current account surplus hit a record high in 2022, the central bank said on Tuesday, as a ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan on Wednesday maintained ultra-low interest rates, including a bond yield cap it was struggling ...

Commentary Beijing has bowed to public pressure and abandoned its Zero-COVID lockdowns and quarantines. The anticipated “reopening” has ...

Commentary Two months after Chinese leader Xi Jinping secured his third term at the 20th National Congress in ...

Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a ...