Economic Indicators

The central bank used language in its announcement that signals a more dovish posture to interest rates.

Federal Reserve boosts key interest rate for 4th time this year but signals fewer hikes in 2019.

Lawyers say the taxi hailing app Uber has lost its appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers in a case with broad implications for the gig economy.

Experts say home values can continue to rise even as rates increase.

The European Commission says it has reached an agreement with Italy to avert legal action over the country's budget plans, which the EU's executive arm had warned could break euro currency rules.

The Latest on Uber's court case on worker rights in Britain (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Taxi hailing app Uber says it will appeal a British Court of Appeal ruling that determined drivers should be classed as workers in a case with broad implications for the gig economy.

More college graduates are joining the gig economy, here’s why.

Uber says it will appeal UK Court of Appeal decision in gig economy case .

U.S. home sales increased in November for the second straight month, but sales plummeted 7 percent from a year ago amid growing affordability pressures.

British union says Uber has lost appeal in landmark case concerning gig economy workers; new appeal expected.

FedEx shares get slammed on company's weak outlook.

Barbed wire and hundreds of cameras ring a massive compound of more than 30 dormitories, schools, warehouses and workshops in China's far west.

US home sales increased in November for the second straight month, but sales plummeted 7 percent from a year ago.

China and the United States have traded barbs again at the World Trade Organization, with the U.S. ambassador accusing China of theft of technology and an envoy from Beijing retorting that the U.S. was "finger-pointing."

Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday as traders mulled over the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and weaker-than-expected Japanese trade data.

Mortgages applications declined 5.8 percent in the past week.

The Federal Reserve is expected Wednesday to raise its benchmark rate for a fourth time this year despite President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that doing so would be a terrible idea.

Official figures show that consumer prices rose in November by their weakest rate in 21 months, a development that's likely to cheer consumers as they get ready for some last-minute Christmas shopping.

The U.S. government is reviewing reports of forced labor at a Chinese detention camp where ethnic minorities must give up their religion and language and work in factories.

U.S. student loans debt hit an all-time high of $1.465 trillion in November.