Government And Institutions

With the Federal Reserve edging into the spotlight, Friday's jobs report for August could trigger eventual changes in Americans' financial lives.

Consumer inflation slowed in July following two months of slightly faster gains.

No one seems to know why workers’ paychecks aren’t getting much bigger even as the economy generates lots of jobs each month and the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in seven years.

Prices for the producers of goods and services rose modestly in June, a sign that broader inflation is being kept in check.

Japan is now the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, knocking China out of first place. Economic policies in Japan are keeping interest rates near record lows there, and Japanese investors have put more money in the U.S., whose Treasury bonds offer higher yields.

The weakening U.S. economy spilled into the job market in March as employers added only 126,000 jobs, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive months of job gains above 200,000.

Opinion: FSOC can’t measure progress and doesn’t know its target, two good reasons that the U.S. may wish it left macroprudential regulation in the land of academic theories.

A modest rebound in gas costs and broad gains in other categories lifted consumer prices for the first time in four months, a sign inflation may be stabilizing.

U.S. wholesale prices fell in December by the largest amount in more than three years, reflecting the biggest monthly decline in the cost of gasoline in six years.

The U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs for the month, the most since January 2012, and much higher than the 230,000 jobs economists expected.

St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard weighs in on the midterm elections and what a Republican Congress would mean for the Federal Reserve.

The same debate Japan has been having since the ‘90s over undead businesses still in operation is now breaking out in the U.S. and in Europe.

A busy economic calendar next week is highlighted by the July jobs report, a meeting by the Federal Reserve, a preview of second quarter GDP and lots of earnings.

U.S. consumer prices rose in June at a slightly slower pace than in May with two-thirds of the June advance driven by the largest jump in gasoline prices in a year.

Given the Fed's increased focus on inflation, economists will be keeping a close eye on May wage figures when the monthly jobs report is released.

The argument for owning physical gold in my mind is very simple.  All you have to do is look at what is going on in the world. 

Brrr: Snow and extremely cold weather across much of the U.S. last month likely put a cold spell on hiring ... but it probably wont shake the Fed.

Banks continue to grapple with a constantly-changing series of regulatory reforms and a new report suggests the lingering uncertainty is taking its toll. 

The highlight of next week’s economic calendar will be the minutes from last month’s meeting of the Federal Reserve.

New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said concerns that U.S. central bankers are considering negative interest rates are “extraordinarily premature.”