The lingering effects of high inflation coupled with high interest rates have made it harder in recent years for many Americans to get ahead financially.

Japan is now caught between two pressures: tame inflation and protect the yen, or hold rates low and risk capital flight.

HSBC MF’s Venugopal Manghat says smallcaps are gaining on strong fundamentals, not just liquidity. Despite global risks, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its winning week and month with a quiet Friday following a mixed set of profit reports ...

The S&P 500 index SPX rose 6.2% in May, after falling for three straight months, to log its largest monthly jump since November 2023. The big gain marked its best May since 1990, bringing the index ...

Gold prices traded lower Friday, on track to post declines for the week as well as the month, with that weakness feeling "more like a breather than a breakdown," said Adam Koos, president at Libertas ...

Data from the statistics office of Destatis showed that Germany’s annual inflation hit 2.1% in May, lower than its previous ...

Prices are cooling even though President Trump’s trade war is dragging on and businesses keep threatening to raise their prices in response to it. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price ...

The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on hold until it has more clarity about President Trump’s policies.