Retail sales and the Michigan Consumer Sentiment index round off a busy week for economic data. Stocks and oil march higher as inflation...

The U.S. releases consumer inflation data for September, a day after Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic jibed that inflation pressures...

The Labor Department's monthly look at job vacancies will cast light on the tension between record openings and weak job creation. The...

Fears of a return of 'stagflation' - high inflation and low growth - are spreading across world markets after a disappointing jobs report...

It's time for the monthly U.S. labor market report, and half a million Americans are expected to have found work last month. Recent data...

Energy prices feed inflation concerns and inflation concerns feed interest rate hikes and falling stock markets. The pattern was...

Global stocks rebound from their Monday sell-off and Wall Street is expected to claw back up to one-third of its losses at the opening....

OPEC meets with Russia as the world cries out for more energy - but is unlikely to speed up its plans to raise output, according to...

Lawmakers are set to extend the U.S. federal government's funding through December, but the fate of two major spending bills is still in...

U.S. stocks are set for a rebound after their worst day in months. The dollar eases - but only a bit - from 10-month highs, while...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will field questions on the economy, the debt ceiling and the trading activities of his subordinates...

China's real estate grinds on, but the People's Bank of China promises again to keep things on track. Democratic lawmakers plan to meet...

Treasury bonds stabilize after their biggest one-day sell-off in months. Jerome Powell and two other top Fed officials may speak to that...

The Federal Reserve may or may not announce the start of asset 'tapering'. China's troubled real estate developer buys itself another...

World stock markets stabilized on Tuesday while the U.S. dollar held relatively steady a day after heavy selling in equities, as...

Stocks bounced higher on Wednesday heading into the final half-hour of trading, boosted by the energy sector as stronger than expected...

U.S. inflation data for August are due, as is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s annual iPhone unveiling. Hurricane Nicholas makes landfall east of...

The ruling Democratic Party is drafting plans to raise taxes on stock buybacks. Joe Biden calls Xi Jinping to take the heat out of...

The European Central Bank may announce it will reduce its bond-buying program, while Federal Reserve speakers hint that weak recent...

Europe's stock markets tumble on fears that the European Central Bank may reduce its bond buying at Thursday's meeting. Central banks in...