U.S. Retail Sales Jump 0.6% in July The U.S. retail sales rose to a 7-month high in July as consumers spent more on vehicles. Retail sales...
U.S. Oil Drillers Keep Pressure on OPEC With Record Shale Output Oil output from major U.S. shale plays is poised to reach a fresh record next...
Trump and Xi Say North Korea Must Stop Provocative Behavior U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping agreed that North Korea must stop provocative behavior,...
U.S. Inflation Remains Subdued as Core Index Lags Forecasts A below-forecast rise in the U.S. cost of living in July adds to a string of disappointing...
In Debt We Trust for U.S. Consumers With $12.7 Trillion Burden After deleveraging in the aftermath of the last U.S. recession, Americans have once again taken...
Fed Officials Keen to Shrink Balance Sheet Despite Low Inflation Two Federal Reserve officials said soft U.S. inflation was a problem as they played down the...
US Labor Market Adds 209,000 Jobs in July The US employers added more workers than expected in July, pushing the jobless rate to a 16-year low....
Dollar Continues to Fall as Traders Await Job Report The US dollar declined for a third day against the euro single currency as investors await July’s...
US Economy Expands 2.6% in 2Q The U.S. economy rebounded in the second quarter following pickups in consumer and business spending. The economy expanded 2.6 percent...
Fed Says Balance-Sheet Unwind to Start ‘Relatively Soon’ Federal Reserve officials said they would begin running off their $4.5 trillion balance sheet “relatively soon” and left...