Economy

The numbers: Consumer spending rose a mild 0.2% in October in potentially another sign of a long-predicted slowdown in the...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) on Monday said group CEO Jun Ohta died on Nov. 25 aged 65...

U.S. Steel issued layoff warnings to 1,000 employees of its Granite City, Illinois, mill this week, saying they expect to...

Kroger Co. posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings early Thursday, but the supermarket chain offered cautious guidance for the full year, citing...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Top Chinese government departments led by the central bank said on Monday that measures needed to be stepped...

A key measure of home-purchase applications rose for the fourth straight week as an ongoing drop in mortgage rates reignited...

Treasury yields rose on Thursday, yet ended November with their biggest monthly declines in four years on signs of easing...

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Profits at China's industrial firms extended gains for a third month in October, albeit at...

An inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve eased in October, providing some welcome relief to millions of Americans...

The numbers: A barometer of business conditions at American factories was negative in November for the 13th month in a row,...