The federal government does perform some core functions that are not best left to the market. Producing accurate data on the economy is one of them.

In the US, investors will watch for any additional deterioration in consumer sentiment and inflation expectations when the University of Michigan issues revised April data on Friday ...

One wrinkle is the continued weakening of the dollar relative to other major currencies. A dollar that is less valuable would ...

Three weeks after US President Donald Trump effectively declared a trade war with the whole world, new economic forecasts and ...

Despite sweeping Trump-era policies on tariffs, immigration, and federal cuts, key economic indicators like jobs and ...