Some data on consumption, production and hiring can be estimated using private sources, but inflation remains a blind spot.

The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a ...

The U.S. budget deficit shrank by $41 billion to $1.775 trillion in the 2025 fiscal year as an increase in revenue from ...

The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.

New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods increased for an eighth straight month in December, pointing to solid growth in business spending on equipment in the fourth quarter and likely helping to ...

The M1 money supply is the most liquid version of the money supply and tells a story about what a consumer can spend. Here's what you need to know.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will bring some furloughed employees back to work so it can publish the September consumer-price index, a key inflation report, an administration official said.

Bengen published a new book, A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More, in August, which ...

A government shutdown typically risks only modest damage for the U.S. economy, stemming mainly from furloughed public workers ...

Consumer sentiment remained flat in October, compared to the previous month. But history shows a prolonged federal shutdown ...

Congress is required to pass a budget annually, but has failed to do so on time in 94% of the past 33 years. Government shutdowns are rare, typically resolved quickly, and have a modest, temporary ...

Total federal debt was $620 billion in 1976. Why 1976? In a recent column, Holman Jenkins referenced Jimmy Carter’s contention in a 1976 debate that “The best way to control inflation is t ...