Investors have already decided that Europe’s central banks are going to raise their key interest rates in an effort to keep a lid on inflation as energy prices surge in the wake of the U.S. and ...

The nation’s fertility rates hit record lows in 2025 as childbearing continued to shift toward older women, according to new federal data released Thursday. For the sixth straight year, the number of ...

It’s a good bet that interest rates will be lower in coming months — notwithstanding the ultimate resolution of the war in Iran, beyond the temporary cease-fire agreement, and the extraordinary ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has wrapped up his two-day visit to Capitol Hill. Powell told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday that he expects interest-rate cuts to come this ...

Don’t be fooled by the healthy rebound in U.S. payroll growth of 227,000 in November. It’s a big number that was above expectations, but much of that was not new job growth. Rather, it was the return ...

Westpac Group's Luci Ellis explains why she expects the RBA to hike the cash rate to 4.85% by mid-August.