WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it’s unlikely to either raise or cut rates in coming months...
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer spending surged 0.9% in March, the biggest gain in nearly a decade, as inflation pressures remain non-existent. The March gain was the...
One of the thorniest issues for many school boards is deciding which construction projects to fund. For Fresno Unified’s seven trustees, the challenge is how to...
WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 percent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher....
The price of a can of Coca-Cola? Likely going up. A package of Pampers? That too. Plane tickets? They also may be more expensive. These items...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s currency plummeted to a record low Monday, a week before the United States restores sanctions lifted under the unraveling nuclear deal, giving...
The Republican Party trumpeted the $1,000 bonuses that some of America’s largest companies said they were giving rank-and-file employees following the passage of the GOP tax...
What are sanctions and how do they affect a country’s economy? More importantly, do sanctions work? I ask these questions because U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
The latest jobs report has gotten a lot of analysts, policymakers and talking heads once again asking whether the U.S. is at full employment. The Bureau...
It is often said that policymakers who forget history are bound to repeat it. One wonders whether the same might be said of the Federal Reserve...
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