Later this week, the UK will also face the latest inflation data and have the Bank of England’s latest interest rates ...

Officials at the Federal Reserve are on track to extend their wait-and-see posture on Wednesday. Our Nick Timiraos explains ...

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Legislation to more than double the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 is back, but this time it’s not a liberal Democrat leading the charge but a conservative Republican – Josh Hawley of ...

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst ...

U.S. stock futures are lower after President Donald Trump abruptly left the Group of Seven summit in Canada. Trump had earlier urged everyone to immediately evacuate Tehran and reiterated that Iran ...

James Rossiter, head of global macro strategy at TD Securities, says the world is now juggling two potentially impactful shocks. For the U.S., the combination of tariffs and higher oil prices is a dou ...

Share prices skidded in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after Israel’s military issued an evacuation warning to 330,000 people in Iran’s capital Tehran. U.S. futures also declined.

Federal Reserve policymakers will begin a two-day meeting on Tuesday with escalating tensions in the Middle East risking a ...

The central bank is set to hold interest rates steady for its fourth straight meeting, a pause that could be extended through ...