U.S. Economy

Powell suggested policymakers could lower the benchmark federal funds rate again this year.

The Federal Open Market Committee voted, as expected, to ease interest rates by 25 basis points to a range between 2 percent and 2.25 percent.

The Fed “overreacted” to Wall Street’s tumultuous December 2018 that resulted in the central bank's early indication that a potential rate cut was in the foreseeable future.

The Federal Reserve just cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade and it could be good news for stocks.

The Federal Open Market Committee voted, as expected, to ease the benchmark federal funds rate by 25 basis points.

Researchers say the industry is experiencing the effects of the aging U.S. population before other industries.

The decision, if it happens, will likely please President Trump, who has repeatedly called for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates.

Researchers expect racial and ethnic minorities to make up a larger share of the U.S. population than whites within the coming decades.

Record rainfall and flooding have created a lean year for farmers, and it may trickle down.

Stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.

Sanders has said undocumented immigrants would be covered under his Medicare for All plan.

Bernie Sanders has said middle-class Americans would pay more in taxes, while saving on health care costs.

Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that according to a preliminary estimate, 87,648 people would reach the U.S. border during July. That would represent a fall of around 39.5% compared to the 144,278 migrants registered in May, he added.

Six years after filing for bankruptcy, the Motor City is on the upswing.

The city's unemployment rate is about three times higher than the national average.

Candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination clash in a televised debate Tuesday and Wednesday in their second such forum.

It is both fitting and appropriate that the next round of presidential debates is taking place in Detroit, which has been assaulted with the real-world consequences of two generations of liberal Democratic rhetoric and misrule.

The $100 bill makes up more than 60 percent of all bills in circulation.

New study details what the average family would have to pay if the climate-friendly plan were implemented

Economists anticipate the U.S. central bank to lower it by a modest 25 basis points.