Amid unresolved criminal probe, Fed prepares for crucial rate decision; Powell's subpoenas highlight tensions with Trump ...

During November, the unemployment rate increased to a fifty-month high of 4.6 percent, even though total payrolls rose by 64,000 from October to November. The household survey in November showed a ...

Consumer spending makes up two-thirds of U.S. GDP, but the economy cannot rely on wealthy consumers alone. Lower- and middle-income households account for the bulk of total consumption by volume. When ...

The December jobs report showed soft private-sector hiring, but the unemployment rate dropped from November's four-year high. S&P 500 futures slightly added to slim gains after the data as Wall Street ...

Trading in the federal-funds-futures market after the U.S. inflation report on Thursday pointed to expectations for the Federal Reserve to potentially lower interest rates as soon as March. Fed-funds ...

President Trump interviewed Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller as the White House zeroes in on a short list of four contenders to succeed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, according to a report. Waller ...

Merchant groups are calling for the Federal Reserve to revise regulations governing debit cards to ease what they see as a growing fraud burden and to lower the interchange fees they pay and debit ...

If the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again as expected, the move would come before a big jobs report next week that will include employment estimates for both October and November. The Fed could ...