Economic Indicators

The growing economy, lower taxes and changing habits of American shoppers are helping boost profit at FedEx Corp.

President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports on Monday.

Trump intensifies trade war by imposing tariffs on $200 billion more of Chinese goods starting next week.

The Latest on the New Jersey nuclear plant that shut down Monday.

America's oldest nuclear power plant, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey, is shutting down Monday.

___ As midterms near, Trump gambles on his hardline trade policy WASHINGTON (AP) — By any conventional gauge, President Donald Trump's uncompromising stance toward tariffs and the pain they've begun to cause U.S. individuals and companies so close to midterm elections would seem politically reckless.

U.S. stocks edged lower in early trading Monday amid speculation that the Trump administration is preparing to impose tariffs on another $200 billion-worth of Chinese goods.

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Monday, led by a slide in technology companies.

The White House national economic director said the U.S. economy is “crushing it.”

President Donald Trump is declaring on Twitter a premature victory from his tariffs.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Algeria to promote bilateral ties and discuss migration and the situation in neighboring Libya.

Farmers worry about falling crop prices and lost sales overseas.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:40 a.m.

Worker shortage could be behind brick-and-mortar decline.

Salaries on Wall Street rose last year to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a report issued Monday by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned opponents of her blueprint for Brexit that rejecting it means crashing out of the European Union without a deal, an outcome the International Monetary Fund said Monday would have "very large" economic costs.

The Latest on the Brexit negotiations (all times local): 11:15 a.m.

Global markets were mostly lower Monday following reports that President Donald Trump will place tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods, despite a possible meeting to iron out tensions between the world's two largest economies.

Organizers of the Davos forum say in a new report that machines are increasingly moving in on jobs done by people, projecting that more than half of all workplace tasks will be carried out by machines by 2025.

Chinese news reports have quoted a former finance minister as saying Beijing can disrupt American companies' operations by imposing "export controls" if it needs more leverage in its mounting tariff dispute with Washington.