Economics

There are many measures of inflation available. Which one should we be focusing on? The July CPI was announced this week, and Federal Reserve’s preferred measure, the PCE index, will be announced on August 26. These two series each have variations, and there are still other measures available.

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It’s a long-term play to boost manufacturing in the US.

Credit scoring is supposed to fix the problem, isn't it?

/PRNewswire/ -- Black and Hispanic Americans are being hit harder by the credit system, a recent survey from Credit Sesame finds. With poor credit impacting...

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Bolster your case for a salary increase by knowing your worth. Here are the 7 best salary information websites to get you started.

Taking the kids to a baseball game, a movie, or Disneyland is a bigger financial commitment than it used to be for middle-class families.

Cashy is a game where you compete with friends on who can grow their assets the most while remaining happy.

Households under age 40 spend more of their budgets on items with the fastest-rising prices.

We look at quotes from investing legends like Warren Buffett and Peter Bernstein to take cues on how investors should approach a down market.

Running a Fortune 500 company is a costly endeavor. In this chart, we compare the operating costs of America's biggest names.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears to be sputtering, home sales are tumbling and economists warn of a potential recession ahead .

US economic data from production to credit is diverging in surprising ways

Which countries drink the most beer? China ranks number one due to its sheer size, and the Czech Republic comes out on top, per capita.

Most millionaires use similar strategies to build wealth, according to best-selling author and financial expert Tom Corley, who has interviewed 225 of them. Here are the four types of "rich people," and the habits that helped them become millionaires.

It’s Amazon’s latest push into the smart home space.

This year's plentiful cherry season could end up the pits for some Michigan farmers.

Swimply services allow residents to offer up their pools to rent and it's starting to take off: 49 listings show up in Metro Detroit area.

In modern societies, cultural change seems ceaseless. The flux of fashion is especially obvious for popular music. While much has been written about the origin and evolution of pop, most claims about its history are anecdotal rather than scientific in ...

Combined, the two publishers made up 49% of the top 100 best-selling print books last year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of mega-mergers and flashy high-tech corporate hookups, the biggest U.S. book publisher’s plan to buy the fourth-largest for a mere $2.2 billion may seem somewhat quaint.

Gross domestic product fell 0.9% at an annualized pace for the period, according to the advance estimate.

All-Transactions House Price Index for the United States