The S&P 500 squeaked past its previous record closing high on Tuesday at the top of a holiday-shortened week, with earnings ...

Making a chart of the federal funds rate in 2025 might turn out to be the easiest job in finance. As inflation stays stubbornly high and jobs hold steady, the financial markets are pricing in a good ...

Fort Worth and Carrollton-Farmers Branch are among the latest Texas districts facing school closures because of strained budgets, declining enrollment ...

As the Trump administration carries out mass firings of the federal workforce in a push to slash government spending, it's ...

President Donald Trump took office with a promise to “immediately bring prices down.” But conquering inflation is tricky, and ...

According to polls from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, U.S adults mostly think the government isn't spending enough on key issues and programs. But conversely – and the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker faces a $3.2 billion deficit as he unveils Illinois' budget, tackling spending priorities and federal ...

Silver surges past $32.65 before stopping at $33.39, then retreats on weak U.S. retail sales. Traders watch Fed policy and inflation data for the next move.

The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

DOGE acknowledged that the work was incomplete but said it was part of an “enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ ...

In short, an IRA focused on supply-side reforms alone may have done more for the environment than the subsidy-focused law we ...

A provocative set of graphs has kicked off a debate over whether—and how—more money can improve student outcomes.