The Federal Reserve is still widely expected to hold interest rates steady when its officials next meet on March 17-18.
The economy has remained a mixed bag, in part because of a government shutdown and a lack of clarity over the Trump administration's tariff agenda.
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said Friday the weak February jobs report adds to a difficult policymaking ...
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An unlikely AI optimist

Specifically, based on a study of 5,000 firms in the eurozone, companies that make significant use of AI are about 4 percent more likely to take on additional staff. “In other words, AI-intensive ...
Investment banking giant Morgan ​Stanley has laid off about 3% of its workforce, or ‌roughly 2,500 employees, across all ...
Just as President Donald Trump looks set to install a Federal Reserve chair aligned with his desire for lower interest rates, the president’s war on Iran likely makes those rate cuts harder to deliver ...
Over the next 10 to 15 years, 1.2 billion young people in developing countries will reach working age. Current projections suggest that only about 400 million jobs will be created. That gap—nearly 800 ...
Federal prosecutors say First Brands Group's rise to one of the world's largest auto parts companies was built on fake ...
As if on cue, days after a viral essay warned of an artificial intelligence-fueled economic catastrophe calamity, the payments company Block said it was laying off nearly half its staff. The company ...
This is often framed as a development challenge, and it is. It is also an economic challenge. And it is increasingly a national security challenge.” ...
By linking safer roads with climate-smart agriculture and community-based tourism, the project aims to boost productivity ...
World Bank country director Melinda Good says the world faces record uncertainty as AI reshapes value chains. She warns 1.2bn ...