Economy

Rising interest rates could one day lead the central bank to pay out more in interest than it earns, creating a political headache

The White House is deploying a strategy to highlight economic bright spots as the Fed tackles inflation

Central bank’s target is reached, prompting concern about the effects of high energy and raw-material costs

Unemployment benefits totals add to signs of unusually tight U.S. labor market

Unable to displace the dollar, crypto became just another asset without traditional asset markets’ guardrails

Yellen cites ‘stagflationary effects’ in a warning ahead of a meeting of leaders of seven wealthy nations

Price-rise acceleration comes as British economy faces a recession, economists and politicians say

The decline, though slight, marks the first such decrease since November 2015

Poland has been key European holdout in pact negotiated by U.S. treasury secretary

Economists call for more aggressive stimulus; slowdown is worst since the initial Covid-19 outbreak in 2020