Economy

JOLTS Report Shows Job Openings Up, Shaking Markets

Why It Matters: The economy nears prepandemic measures.Job openings are closely monitored by the Federal Reserve, which has tried to…

3 years ago

A Rural Michigan Town Is the Latest Battleground in the U.S.-China Fight

Yard signs along the quiet country roads of Green Charter Township, Mich., home to horse farms and a 19th-century fish…

3 years ago

U.S. Government Shutdown Could Delay Key Economic Data

A federal government shutdown would cut off access to key data on unemployment, inflation and spending just as policymakers are…

3 years ago

Consumer Agency Moves to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports

The agency’s proposed changes come as it faces a legal challenge to its authority before the U.S. Supreme Court. Arguments…

3 years ago

Drivers and Dealers Could Soon Feel Impact of U.A.W. Strikes

More than a week into its targeted strike at the three established U.S. car companies, the United Automobile Workers union…

3 years ago

Pandemic Relief Funding for Child Care Is Ending. What Now?

As the U.S. government narrowly avoided a shutdown this weekend, a different kind of high-stakes shutdown occurred on Saturday.In 2021,…

3 years ago

How West Africa Can Reap More Profit From the Global Chocolate Market

The first leg of the 35-mile journey from Ghana’s capital city, Accra, to the Fairafric chocolate factory in Amanase on…

3 years ago

The Harvard Professor and the Bloggers

The day almost two years ago when Harvard Business School informed Francesca Gino, a prominent professor, that she was being…

3 years ago

Inflation Measure Favored by the Fed Cooled in August

Federal Reserve officials received more good news in their battle against rapid inflation on Friday, when a key inflation measure…

3 years ago

China Evergrande’s Problems Are Only Getting Worse

For months, the unwinding of China Evergrande, the world's most indebted property developer, played out like a slow-moving train crash.After…

3 years ago