Total U.S. employment sits around 160 million, but there are some 9 million federal employees and contractors potentially worrying about their jobs, according to Torsten Slok, chief economist at ...

All Eyes on the Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge; Renewed U.S. Tariff Threats Spook Investors By Vicky Ge Huang The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge cooled in January, if economists' ...

The central bank’s GDPNow tracker of incoming metrics is indicating that gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5%.

The Atlanta Federal Reserve is projecting a contraction of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) of 1.5 percent in the ...

Canada’s economy perked up in the final months of last year as consumers continued to ramp up their spending, spurred on by the central bank’s rapid-fire interest-rate cuts.

The US economy is setting up to take a major step back in the first quarter after a pair of reports showed weaker consumer spending and a dramatic widening of the trade deficit at the start of the ...

U.S. consumer spending unexpectedly fell in January, but a pick up in inflation could provide cover for the Federal Reserve ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack reckons the U.S. central bank can keep steadily shrinking its balance sheet through a period of uncertain government finances, while noting she ...

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