The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Would-be home buyers and homeowners looking to refinance their mortgages got a rare break this week after months of stubbornly high borrowing costs.

Trump has repeatedly lambasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (who’s a banker, not an economist) for refusing to cut ...

The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates in September. But signs of stickier inflation could limit how much ...

Donald Trump’s choice to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t have to manipulate any numbers to undermine the ...

Freddie Mac’s rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 6.63% for the week ending August 7, its lowest level since April.

US inflation on the wholesale level picked up steam in July, with prices rising by the fastest monthly pace since March 2022, new data showed Thursday.

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

The head of the agency responsible for producing U.S. jobs and inflation data is usually a low-profile technocrat with deep ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...