Economic Indicators

President Donald Trump pitched a wildly off-base claim about economic growth Monday as the White House used selective statistics to build a case that the economy is doing much better than when Barack Obama was in office.

___ CBS sets aside $120 million for Moonves, but will he see it?

U.S. stocks are rising Monday morning as major stock indexes rebound from the previous week's losses.

The Latest on the ouster of one of the TV industry's most powerful executives, Les Moonves, with allegations of sexual misconduct continuing to surface (all times local): 7:10 a.m.

Americans increased their borrowing in July at nearly double the pace of the previous month, evidence that confident consumers are willing to take on more debt to support their spending.

While job growth in the U.S. has been steady over the past year, the gains are slow and erratic at small businesses.

Ford says it won't be moving production of a hatchback vehicle to the United States from China — despite President Donald Trump's claim that his taxes on Chinese imports mean the Focus Active can be built in America.

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

The #MeToo movement fighting sexual misconduct had already claimed one of Hollywood's top movie moguls in Harvey Weinstein.

U.S. trade officials say they hope to reach an agreement with the European Union on lifting some technical barriers to trade between the two powers by November.

The president claimed on Twitter Monday that GDP growth had not been higher than the unemployment rate in a century.

A wildlife monitoring group says research it has conducted since 2016 has found that people are increasingly buying and selling endangered animals on Facebook groups in Thailand.

China's government says it will retaliate if Washington goes ahead with more tariff increases following President Donald Trump's comment that he was considering extending penalties to more Chinese imports.

With arms flailing and raised voices, a shipping manager and a customs chief in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge talk through all the things that could go wrong if the Brexit talks fail.

European monitors have returned to Greece to inspect the country's economic reforms, three weeks after its third international rescue program ended.

European and Asian markets were mostly lower on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested placing tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese goods in a tit-for-tat dispute over trade.

Official data show that Turkey's economy slowed in the second quarter of 2018 as its currency was sliding.

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group says founder Jack Ma will step down as chairman in September 2019.

US and EU trade chiefs will hold their first meeting in Brussels on Monday, to pursue closer transatlantic ties.

The Fed maintains a 2 percent inflation target, which it is only now reaching after a decade struggling to consistently hit and maintain it.