Economic Indicators

The Federal Reserve is all but sure to keep interest rates on hold Wednesday — and for the foreseeable future — even as President Donald Trump keeps up his attacks on the Fed for not cutting rates.

Small business hiring gained in April, extending a run of erratic job creation.

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

Small business owners have been cautious in their hiring ever since the recession.

The Latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting (all times local): 4:45 a.m.

Below is the statement the Fed released Wednesday after its policy meeting ended: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity rose at a solid rate.

Economists expected the U.S. central bank would keep the benchmark federal funds rate at 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent.

Despite raising wages -- 86 percent of respondents said they’d hiked wages in order to woo new workers -- hiring in the agricultural sector remains relatively flat.

Fed leaves key policy rate unchanged amid low inflation, reiterates 'patient' approach to changing rates.

The evaluation was triggered by a recent uptick in borrower defaults.

Outstanding student loan debt hit $1.46 trillion at the end of last year.

As Small Business Week approaches, the nation's smallest companies in the aggregate are by many accounts doing fairly well.

The British government is scrapping much-criticized Brexit contracts with ferry companies, at a substantial cost to taxpayers.

Socialism is quite like robbing Peter to pay Paul—once Peter has no more money and no incentive to make and create more wealth—Paul stops getting paid. Then comes the unrest.

The $2 trillion investment could lead to cronyism, malinvestment and make-work jobs.

A college degree has long been a ticket to the U.S. middle class.

ISM's survey of companies for the index is a sign that economic growth should continue.

The results precede the release on Friday by the Labor Department of the widely anticipated jobs report.

Financial markets were mostly closed in Asia on Wednesday for holidays after Wall Street ended a wobbly trading session with meager gains.

Most likely, the Fed will provide some additional insight into how they’re assessing the current economic backdrop amid some mixed signals.