Economy

Business inventories in May came in at $2.66 trillion, virtually unchanged from the month prior but up 1.7% from a...

The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.75% this week. The rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.92%.

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 33 in July, up one point from June, according...

There were $720.1 billion in retail and food service sales, an increase of 0.6% from the previous month, and up...

Economic activity increased slightly from late May through early July, with five Federal Reserve districts reporting slight or modest gains,...

Industrial production (IP) rose 0.3% in June after remaining unchanged in April and May. For the second quarter as a...

The Producer Price Index for final demand was unchanged in June, seasonally adjusted. On an unadjusted basis, the index for...

The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in June after rising 0.2% the previous month and increased 2.7% over the past...

The Consumer Price Index increased 0.3% in June on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, after rising 0.1% in May, the...

Policymakers must weigh short-term fiscal gains against the long-term health of the real economy.