Pros: Healthcare costs are skyrocketing and increasing every year, currently reaching the point of $5 trillion annually This is no longer sustainable. Medicare is expected to become insolvent by 2036 ...

That's evident when looking at the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the PCE index, which rose to a 12-month rate of 2.1% in April from 2.3% a month before, matching the lowest level since the pandemic ...

The level inventories held by retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers in the U.S. was unchanged in April, according to monthly Commerce Department data published Tuesday.

The numbers: Industrial production fell 0.2 in May, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday. It is the second decline in three months, and a sign that the flurry of activity in the first quarter has ...

The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba--The ICE Futures canola market was holding onto small gains Tuesday morning, although activity was choppy as values ran into resistance to the upside.

The numbers: Home-builder confidence sank to a two-year low as buyers continue to shun the housing market. Builders are upping price cuts in an effort to bring them back.

--The fall takes the index further below the threshold of 50 between builders' perceptions of "good" conditions and "poor" ones. The index has only been lower twice since 2012, NAHB said: in December ...

U.S. Treasury bonds are seen as a safe haven at times of geopolitical upheaval and uncertainty - a refuge for global assets in the wake of a crisis. At such times, panicked investors flee to the ...