Three days into the government shutdown, it’s increasingly unclear where the U.S. economy is headed — not because of a direct hit from the federal closures but a lack of official data. The absence of ...

The war with Iran is quickly becoming an economic problem for the United States — and a policy dilemma for the Federal Reserve. Rising oil prices, shipping disruptions in the Middle East and fresh ...

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world's major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted ...