Just as baseball teams decide to be "buyers" or "sellers" at midseason, households and businesses should assess their economic outlook to determine whether to spend and invest or save resources.

Consumers haven't yet felt sticker price shock for footwear purchases, but some shoe brands and retail experts say increases ...

Steve Hanke criticizes Trump and Fed Chairman Powell for their flawed focus on interest rates over money supply, blames the Fed for exacerbating income ...

State officials from the Department of Employment and Economic Development said they’re keeping a close eye on federal policy ...

The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered ...

Consumers picked up their spending in June showing resilience despite anxiety high over tariffs and the U.S. economy.

The causal pathways by which tariffs could cause a recession seem dormant. Trade policy turmoil is the new normal, and may not create as much economic damage as feared.

Businesses across the economy are passing increased input costs from tariffs along to consumers in the form of higher prices, the Federal Reserve’s latest anecdotal survey of domestic economic ...

US retail sales rebounded in June in a broad advance, potentially tempering some concerns about a retrenchment in consumer ...

Wall Street is ticking toward a record on Thursday following some better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies.

When rates fell to around 6.7% (the lowest level in months) in early July, applications for home loans promptly ticked up, ...