Economic Indicators

Consumer spending and business investment propelling economic growth.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has offered concessions to the government's highly controversial pension changes.

US economy grew at 4.2 percent annual rate in second quarter, helped by strong business investment.

An international credit rating agency has raised Egypt's credit outlook to positive from stable, citing progress in its ambitious economic reform plan backed by the International Monetary Fund.

Asian stock markets edged higher Wednesday after Wall Street gained on strength in technology and retailing shares.

A sustainable economic recovery is getting harder to dispute.

The Latest on U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade (all times local): 6:25 p.m. Mexico's foreign minister is again insisting his country will never pay for President Donald Trump's long-promised border wall.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is discussing how to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement with United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

Major U.S. stock indexes wobbled and finished mostly higher Tuesday, led by technology companies and a handful of retailers.

U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday after setting records over the past few days.

President Donald Trump's drive to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement has taken an unexpected turn — one that complicates his effort to replace that deal with one more favorable to American workers.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is calling Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell a "phenomenal leader."

Just how good has the notoriously quiet month been?

When President Donald Trump celebrated on Monday the workings of a new deal with Mexico that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, numerous questions were left unsettled.

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

President Donald Trump is promising to address what he says is the "very serious situation" of social media companies "suppressing" conservative voices and "hiding information" and good news.

Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of economic activity.

Americans' consumer confidence rose in August to the highest level in nearly 18 years as their assessment of current conditions improved further and their expectations about the future rebounded.

President Donald Trump's declaration of victory Monday in reaching a preliminary deal with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement raised at least as many questions as it answered.

Mortgage rates are also higher than a year ago, creating another price pressure for would-be buyers.