U.S. stocks are falling sharply after getting a whiff of a worst-case scenario for financial markets: a weakening economy combined with high inflation. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% Friday after a report ...

Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.

When I first arrived in Washington in 1982, the Dow Jones hit a low of 800. You may not believe that, so feel free to look it up. If anyone had predicted that in a little more than four decades the ...

Union Pacific subsidiary asks California regulators for permission to dramatically raise rates or abandon water service to the small community TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KERO) — Keene residents are facing the ...

John Hawkins formerly worked as a senior economist at the Reserve Bank. Inflation has risen further above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 2–3% target. There is now a very real prospect the Reserve ...

In step with global and national trends, Milwaukee logged its lowest number of births on record in 2025, with just over 7,300 babies born in the city last year. As of Jan. 5, Milwaukee had recorded ...

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The Fed cut rates three times in late 2025 due to layoffs and unemployment concerns. December unemployment fell to 4.4%, reducing chance of further rate cuts this month. Weak job growth persists, but ...

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Putnam County has one of the highest flu case rates in New York State at about 917 cases per 100,000 people. Children ages 5 through 17 account for more than half of the county's flu cases, officials ...

Every doctor wants to see a smile on a patient’s face, but there is one that no doctor ever wants to see: risus sardonicus, sometimes known as the sardonic grin or the devil’s smile, the cruel mark of ...

When jobs or inflation data counter President Donald Trump’s preferred economic narrative, he typically offers alternative statistics to shine a more positive light on the economy. But Trump’s latest ...