China’s consumer inflation dropped below zero for the first time in 13 months, a reading skewed by seasonal distortions but also a reminder of persistent deflationary pressures in the economy.
US consumer prices probably rose in February at a pace that illustrates plodding progress on inflation for Federal Reserve officials content to remain on the sidelines as they assess a policy whirlwind from the Trump administration.
Money managers are flocking to bonds that hedge against inflation amid uncertainty about tariffs and their impact on the cost of living.
House Republicans announced a spending bill to keep government agencies open through Sept. 30, daring Democrats to vote against it and risk a disruptive March 15 shutdown.
Wall Street is on edge again, but the culprit this time isn’t just inflation. Instead, equities investors large and small are gripped by fear of slowing economic growth in the US.
President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to cure what he said was an ailing US economy. Little more than a month into his second term, he’s starting to hint that the treatment might hurt.
What do Matthew McConaughey, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kendall Jenner have in common? In the past five years, they’ve all used their megastardom to add to a growing lineup of celebrity tequilas—an already crowded category that now risks getting slammed by President Donald Trump’s incoming tariffs.
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s digital banking and ATM services were disrupted in Singapore overnight, the latest in a series of technical glitches suffered at the island state’s largest bank.
Almost a year ago, Swedish fintech company Klarna unleashed havoc in the call center industry with a shock announcement: Its artificial intelligence assistant was doing the equivalent work of 700 full-time agents.
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman denied his sister’s claims that he sexually abused her for almost a decade and sued her for defamation.
Cutting the welfare bill isn’t enough; the long-term unemployed need carrots as well as sticks to return to the workforce.
Local financial officers say the volatility created by Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff policy is already affecting their economies.