Aging populations, as Japan taught us, are inherently deflationary. Folks in their 70s don’t spend the way 20-somethings do.

Soaring payroll growth and low unemployment in December are more than likely to keep the Federal Reserve from cutti ...

Wage growth ticked slightly lower last month, helping alleviate concerns about the labor market driving inflationary ...

Not only did payroll gains far outpace expectations in December, unemployment also ticked down last month. Unemployment was 4 ...

Retail sector hiring bounced back in December, likely driven by strong consumer spending throughout the holiday season. While ...

November delivered a big jobs rebound following the damaging effects of major hurricanes and labor strikes on October’s ...

If 2024 taught anything, it’s don’t bet against the U.S. labor market. Employment was much stronger than expected in December ...

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday for a third six-year term in office, shunned internationally over claims of voter fraud and repression, but bolstered by a loyal military.

A 28-year-old Cambodian man died from bird flu on Friday after eating sick chickens, the health ministry said.

Brazil closed 2024 with annual inflation at 4.83 percent, pushed above target by higher food prices after a year in which crops were hard hit by floods and drought, official data showed Friday.

U.S. consumers are kicking off the new year in a downbeat mood as inflation expectations jumped. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index ticked down to a reading of 73.2 in the first few ...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati will on Saturday make his first official trip to neighbouring Syria since the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, his office told AFP.