Economics

Online shopping is a powerful tool that can either bolster or bust your budget. Learn how to do it strategically with tips from the AICPA.

Sources say the company prioritizes anti-discrimination in its talking points, but not in its spending.

Just like your friend’s Covid-delayed wedding, the Fed’s interest rate hikes finally have a date.

The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, suspending for five years one set of Trump-era tariffs which had soured relations between them.

This could be a good thing

And why economists changed their minds on the minimum wage

The restaurant industry has been boosting wages to attract workers as it faces a labor crunch.

The U.S. minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, although 29 states have a higher minimum wage. A higher minimum wage fights poverty but raises costs.

El Salvador has voted to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

Openings in accommodation and food services saw the largest increase in new opportunities reported in April.

After years of a simmering “techlash” on Capitol Hill, this is the biggest effort yet to make Big Tech into Still Big But Slightly Smaller Tech

This issue explains how the output gap, the difference between potential and actual output, is useful for checking the health of the economy.

Chip shortages and other factors haven't helped, either.

The Girl Scouts have an unusual problem this year: 15 million boxes of unsold cookies. The 109-year-old organization says the coronavirus — not thinner demand for Thin Mints — is the main culprit.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones told CNBC he would "probably buy commodities, buy crypto, buy gold" if the Fed shrugs off inflation.

Texas’s main power grid is currently dealing with more planned outages than normal at this time of year

Still, experts think the lumber market will run hot for years

“Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it’s about money, but also about quality of life.”

Consumers Energy implemented a new summer pricing program that will increase rates for its 1.6 million residential homes by 50% during peak hours.

PARIS (AP) — Google is being fined 220 million euros ($268 million) by France’s antitrust watchdog for abusing its ‘dominant’ position in online advertising. The search engine giant is also promising to overhaul the way its platform is used for buying and selling digital ads, at least in France, which could have repercussions on its ongoing legal fights with regulators elsewhere in Europe, the U.S.

Biogen's drug will cost $56,000 a year

This is the first new drug approved for Alzheimer's disease since 2003. It's the first to show significant progress against the sticky brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has completed a 100-day review of supply chains and will form a task force to address the bottlenecks in the semiconductor, construction, transportation and agriculture sectors.Administration officials said their goal is to increase domestic…

Patrick and Sara McGuire have been growing apples since they were married 25 years ago. Their 150 acres in Ellsworth in northern Michigan— dubbed Royal Farms — are a mix of sweet apples and the bitter varieties suited for making hard cider.Last spring they put in a new crop of…

Your time on Earth is precious and limited. Here’s how to waste it.

DENVER — The Rangers weigh the rewards vs. the risks of having towering Jonah Heim set up on one knee to get his body lower for pitchers. The rewards: He’s...

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Which countries have the highest GDP per capita? This map breaks down the top 25 richest countries in the world.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just a year ago, the financial future looked bleak for state governments as governors and lawmakers scrambled to cut spending amid the coronavirus recession that was projected to pummel revenue.

Much of the Central American country already operates outside the bounds of formal finance