The U.S. central bank would likely have begun cutting interest rates again if not for the levy plan, the Fed chief said.

The market is getting increasingly excited about the possibility of interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, but London-based strategists at JPMorgan say the reasons behind the reductions are not ...

Several committee members said voters lost trust in the district after the 2008 bond issue, when several projects were scaled back or ditched altogether because of reduced state and federal funding.

President Donald Trump has pushed for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates by “a full point” in order to juice the economy as inflation hovers close to its target level. But Fed Chair ...

A lot of things went right for U.S. inflation in May. The consumer-price index rose just 0.1% from April, and held under 2.5% in year-over-year terms for a third consecutive month. Some of the most ...

Photo: MarketWatch photo illustration/Pimco The Federal Reserve’s work to safeguard against inflation isn’t over yet, according to the former No. 2 at the U.S. central bank.

China is no longer the No. 1 source for U.S. cell phone imports. It had been No. 1 dating back to at least January of 2002, 279 months ago, according to my analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau trade ...

The Fed, helmed by Chair Jerome Powell, is expected to hold rates steady this month despite pressure from President Donald Trump to make cuts.

At least two weather service offices in California no longer have enough staff to operate overnight: Sacramento and Hanford, which together cover the Central Valley and the Sierra, among the state ...

For now, Fed officials are inclined to wait longer for some clarity, not just on tariffs, but also to see whether a brewing conflict in the Middle East spirals out of control.

A federal judge ordered the resumption of AmeriCorps funding for 24 states. But that order doesn’t help education-focused programs in many states and rural communities.