Federal Reserve officials could begin reducing the pace of its monthly asset purchases as soon as mid-November, according to [...]

  Congress agreed to a short-term increase of the U.S. debt ceiling to avoid a national default and economic crisis. [...]

  The government passed a nine-week stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown. Congress will now continue to debate [...]

  Mortgage applications to purchase a home jumped 7% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. This is the [...]

Nonfarm payroll growth in August increased by just 235,000 vs. expectations of 720,000. August’s jobs report showed that wages are [...]

According to the August jobs report issued Friday, about 3.2 million people are long-term unemployed, meaning they’ve been out of [...]

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated Friday that the central bank is likely to begin withdrawing some of its easy-money [...]

  Jobless claims totaled 348,000 for the week ended Aug. 14, below the estimated 365,000 and down 29,000 from the [...]