The U.S. unveiled visa and export restrictions against Chinese state-owned companies and their executives involved in advancing Beijing’s territorial claims in the contested South China Sea.

The Labor Department released its proposal to create a new type of apprenticeship that would be run by business groups, colleges and other entities, rather than the federal government.

Germany fell into recession in the first quarter, shrinking at its second-fastest pace since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic hurt everything from retailers to auto exporters, but its...

Joe Biden wants to combat climate change, repair the country’s crumbling infrastructure, improve education and expand government-financed health care. To finance that ambitious agenda, the Democratic...

Parliament passed a $240 billion spending plan that includes cash payments of over $900 to every person in Japan, following the U.S. in opening the public purse wide to address the coronavirus...

Sustained federal budget deficits and debt will hit the highest levels since World War II over the next decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.

Prices have risen the most in the Midwest and South as inflation hits a 30-year high.

For many Americans, the popular image of the top 1%--those Americans who are wealthier than the other 99%--is focused on Wall Street. But a new study of state-level tax data from the Internal Revenue...

A detailed look at where you fit in our vast nation of income-earners.

The U.S. added 164,000 new jobs in April, missing economist expectations of 195,000. But the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the lowest since 2000. Wage growth remained sluggish. Join us as we dig...

The Trump administration will explore using federal programs to push local governments to soften or eliminate rules that block housing construction, an issue that has stymied officials at all levels...

Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers in her confirmation hearing to think big to avert a protracted economic downturn and put aside concerns about...

Shutdowns across the country are hurting low-wage workers, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck. Their jobs often require personal contact, such as running a cash register or cleaning hotel rooms,...

Parliament passed a $240 billion spending plan that includes cash payments of over $900 to every person in Japan, following the U.S. in opening the public purse wide to address the coronavirus...

Many economic forecasters can look back on 2014 as one of their least embarrassing performances of recent years.

The U.K. central bank mirrored the Fed’s cautious stance on inflation, but signaled it could join some of its peers in cutting soon.

Aid investments in the world’s poorest communities--often in rural areas--may be more expensive than in less-deprived regions, but can save nearly twice as many lives, a new study by Unicef published...

Was it a mistake for the U.S. to allow China to join the World Trade Organization? Assessments of the 2001 deal often determine positions in today’s bitter trade debate.

The U.S. and China raised tariffs on one another, with Beijing extending the levies to almost its remaining U.S. imports.

Parliament passed a $240 billion spending plan that includes cash payments of over $900 to every person in Japan, following the U.S. in opening the public purse wide to address the coronavirus...

The system that turns oil into gasoline is influenced by thousands of oil producers, dozens of refiners and tens of thousands of gasoline stations making independent decisions.

For the wealthiest 1% of Americans, only about 9% of their total net worth is tied up in their home. That’s compared to 63% for the broad middle class.

You may not agree with "The Big Short" movie's moralistic take on the financial crisis. But it gets the details right, says Wall Street Journal chief economics commentator Greg Ip.

Bank of Mexico Gov. Agustín Carstens discussed the peso’s recent volatility, inflation that has begun receding from its summer highs and his move to lead the Bank for International Settlements.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned of potentially tragic economic consequences if Congress and the White House don’t provide additional support to households and businesses disrupted by...

Moody's Analytics says Hillary Clinton’s economic proposals, taken together, would give the economy a modest lift while leading to slightly higher near-term budget deficits.

The most recent immigrants to the U.S. are better educated and more likely to fill professional and technical jobs than their predecessors.

Flat to falling prices coupled with inflation elsewhere and a lower exchange rate have turbocharged China’s export boom.

As the pandemic puts nations on wartime footing, distillers concoct hand sanitizer, a car maker offers to assemble ventilators, a jeans factory switches to face masks. “It’s all hands to the pumps.”

China is snapping up stakes in private companies at a record rate, as the trade war, economic slowdown and credit squeeze heap pressure on entrepreneurs.

Researchers compared elderly Americans’ willingness to delay financial gratification.

In the Fed’s semiannual monetary-policy report to a U.S. Senate committee, Chairman Jerome Powell said the pandemic-stricken economy is a long way from employment and inflation goals.

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said better educational opportunities for low-income communities and programs to develop entrepreneurship could expand work opportunities and benefit the...

The American higher education system, the largest in the world and a major source of revenue for towns and cities across the U.S., is losing its dominance as a global magnet for top talent.

Output of production in manufacturing, energy and construction fell 0.4%, the first fall this year, a signal that an industrial recovery could be fragile as the economy still struggles.

Economists expect U.S. growth to continue this year and business investment to increase, but the pace of hiring is seen slowing.