Economic Indicators

US retail sales slip 0.2% in April as spending on cars, appliances and clothing falls.

Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after President Donald Trump downplayed his escalating tariff war with Beijing and said a settlement is possible.

China's factory output and consumer spending weakened in April as a tariff war with Washington intensified.

While our country -- America -- has citizens in various income levels, we all have the chance to succeed if we choose to do so.

Official figures show that the German economy returned to growth in the first quarter of 2019 on the back of solid consumer spending and a construction boom in Europe's largest economy.

Stocks regained some ground in morning trading Tuesday following a nosedive at the start of the week as the U.S. and China escalate their trade war.

President Donald Trump will highlight his administration's efforts to ramp up liquefied natural gas exports as he visits a new plant Tuesday in southwest Louisiana.

Hans Humes owns Venezuelan debt and is pushing for reforms that would steer the country toward solvency.

He's been contradicted by one of his top advisers, dinged in regular fact checks and called out by top economists.

President Donald Trump's allies on Capitol Hill are scrambling to soften the blow from his trade war with China amid mounting anxiety from farm-state lawmakers.

The Latest on standoff between the two largest economies in the world as they trade retaliatory tariffs.

U.S. trade officials have issued a $300 billion target list of Chinese imports including laptop computers for more tariff hikes, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing.

When President Donald Trump began talking about tariffs in 2017, Upper Midwest soybean farmer Jamie Beyer suspected that her crop could become a weapon.

Stocks climbed on Tuesday and clawed back a chunk of their losses from Monday's rout, the latest whipsaw move as investors weigh just how badly the escalating U.S.-China trade war will hurt the economy.

America is in a stronger trade position against China thanks to the economy, says Trump.

The Latest on the reported sabotage attacks on ships near the Persian Gulf amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 11:50 a.m.

President Donald Trump is misstating the facts when it comes to prescription drug prices.

“It is like a tax on the finished products,” Chris Gaffney, the president of TIAA Bank World Markets, said.

Capitalism isn't working for young Americans, said Arthur Brooks.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.