A three-year analysis of unconditional cash stipends concluded that the initiative has had some success, but not the transformational impact its proponents hoped for.
Central bankers are lowering borrowing costs, but that won’t be a cure-all for a widespread lack of affordable housing.
The Supreme Court refused to allow a key part of President Biden’s student debt plan to move forward. Here’s what’s left of it, and who could...
The Labor Department provided insight into a recent lapse in which revised payrolls data were given out à la carte before they were online.
Both Democrats and Republicans are expressing support for tariffs, but their proposals are dramatically different in scale.
Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has floated the idea of a 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports, a plan that economists say could...
The Federal Trade Commission, which is trying to block Kroger’s plan to acquire Albertsons, said in court that the merger of grocery giants would also hurt...
The two presidential candidates can both point to records of pushing poverty rates down, but their approaches could hardly be more different.
The most surprising moment of this year’s Republican National Convention may have come on its first night, when the president of the Teamsters railed in prime...
The Democratic nominee says she wants to make raising a family more affordable. But she has provided few details on her proposals.