U.S. Economy

U.S. homebuilding unexpectedly fell in May, but data for the prior two months was revised higher and building permits increased, suggesting that the housing market was drawing some support from a sharp decline in mortgage rates.

A decision on interest rates is expected Wednesday, followed by a press conference with chairman Jerome Powell.

Earlier in the day, Draghi said the ECB was ready to cut interest rates, if the economy needed it.

U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, testifies before a Senate panel on the status of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement.

U.S. home-builder confidence slipped in June, a sign of weakening sentiment in a key sector of the economy.

More than twice as many Republicans as Democrats feel optimistic about the economy.

The U.S. trade agency begins on Monday seven days of hearings on proposed new tariffs on China.

Optimism ahead of the Fed's June meeting helped drive stocks higher.

Ocasio-Cortez has criticized the wealth status of the top earners in the U.S. previously, agreeing in January that a system that allows for billionaires is immoral.

U.S. trade with Mexico totaled an estimated $671 billion last year, while trade with Canada totaled approximately $714.1 billion in 2018.

Trump is expected to kick off his campaign on Tuesday in Florida.

America's most powerful CEOs want resolutions on trade and "broken" immigration.

It’s a tough decision that many of the Midwest’s farmers had to make this month: To plant, or not to plant.

Amazon’s ‘zero tax liability’ is a feature, not a bug of the tax code.

The latest Merrill Edge Report, which took a look at Americans’ financial concerns, found finances was taking a toll on their mental health – especially women and younger people.

U.S. retail sales increased in May and sales for the prior month were revised higher, suggesting a pick-up in consumer spending that could ease fears the economy was slowing down sharply in the second quarter.

247 Wall Street reviewed data from ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q1 2019 home affordability report and found America’s least affordable housing markets.

The Massachusetts Democrat introduced a similar proposal as part of her 2020 campaign.

Even a decade after the recession, almost a quarter of Americans have said they are worse off than they were before 2007, a new survey has found.

The House Ways and Means Committee chair said tax receipts for the first eight months of the year are the highest in American history.