JIM O'SULLIVAN: The weather probably explains most-not necessarily all, but most-of the sudden weak…

...Of course, individual weekly readings can be volatile and misleading. This is likely to be one o…

In theory, net employment growth can weaken significantly without an uptrend in claims -- if the sl…

Jobless claims are likely to surge today. Is the economy suddenly collapsing again? Absolutely not.…

The BRICS bloc is exploring the idea of a common currency. But China and India are strategic compet…

Unraveling 40 years of sexual misconduct at a single California high school.

House Republicans are now letting reporters comb through reams of old footage via 3-hour appointmen…

Stock markets were unfazed by the Federal Reserve saying it was likely to cut back its bond purchas…

A busy week for stock markets continued on Wednesday, with a Fed interest rate decision and more bi…

US futures and European stocks rose after minutes showed the Fed plans to keep monetary policy loos…

The surge in US inflation threatens company valuations and could lead the Fed to cut back on suppor…

Georgia's regular Senate election between David Perdue and Jon Ossoff and a special election betwee…

Trump picked a diverse and curious selection of famous Americans for his proposed National Garden o…

Be wary of January payrolls data! While the data are noisy in general, limiting the information val…

"Profits recessions are usually associated with recessions for the economy as a whole, so the data …

This tells us next to nothing about how well holiday sales are going to do on the whole this year, …

"[M]arkets are more forward-looking, on average, than the economic data, raising the possibility th…

"The combination of the weather worsening early in January, the deterioration in the stock market a…

Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpoint, expects payroll gains to top expectations, t…

A 2%-plus pace for employment is far from booming by past standards, but it is exceptionally strong…