Economic Indicators

Global stocks are falling Friday after Italy's new government announced a big increase in spending.

U.S. stocks ended back where they started Friday as the stock market wrapped up its best quarter in almost five years.

Germany's president is entering talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the hope that the state visit leads to a thaw in relations between the two NATO allies.

Doctor Doom is at it again warning that a new recession is percolating.

China warned Friday that its critical relationship with the United States could break "like a glass," and used the most global of stages to warn the Trump administration it wouldn't be pushed around on trade.

Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Friday that Prime Minister Theresa May's blueprint for Brexit would be a "political and economic disaster" and he refused to rule out trying to replace her.

Tax reform 2.0 now heads to the Senate.

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

Republicans are more positive than Democrats about economic conditions

This is the third executive to depart the company in months

Tax cuts have boosted American companies’ bottom lines, and investors are benefiting.

US consumer spending up modest 0.3 percent in August, slowest in 6 months, as inflation slows.

Asian markets rebounded on Friday as strong U.S. economic data supported the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates.

Official figures show that underlying inflation across the 19-country eurozone remains stubbornly low, to the likely disappointment of policymakers at the European Central Bank.

Italy's stock market has plunged after the new populist government announced a sharp public spending increase that will push the budget deficit to 2.4 percent of gross domestic product next year.

While inventory remains historically low, some indicators are showing signs of improvement.

___ SEC files complaint against Tesla's Elon Musk DETROIT — U.S. securities regulators have filed a complaint against Tesla CEO Elon Musk alleging that he made false and misleading statements about plans to take the company private in August.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is saying that the economy is healthy and that the Fed's steady interest rate increases are intended to prolong its expansion.

U.S. stocks are higher Thursday morning as Apple and Amazon both jump.

After four days of modest losses, Apple and Amazon led the U.S. stock market to small gains on Thursday.