Economy

Slightly more Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remained in the same recent healthy range. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 5,000 to...

NEW YORK — Walmart delivered another year of strong sales and profits with its competitive prices an increasingly strong magnet for inflation-weary shoppers, but this year appears to come with...

Rising Investor Pessimism Is a Contrarian Indicator “Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.” Those words are often attributed to Sir...

United States President Donald Trump has proposed using some of the savings from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive to give Americans cash and pay down government debt. Speaking at...

Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest-priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology that the company...

Toll Brothers, Inc. reported its first-quarter earnings, falling short of expectations–despite a rise in new contracts. Quarterly earnings came in at $1.75 a share but analysts had expected $2.04 a...

The Physics of Donald Trump’s Tariffs Free traders love to call tariffs a tax on consumers. The Wall Street Journal editorial board practically breaks into hives at the thought of...

The automotive industry fueled Germany’s rise as Europe’s economic powerhouse. Now, that same sector is in crisis — and is taking the country down with it. Automakers are facing a...

German auto parts giant Continental AG is cutting around 3,000 research and development jobs in its automotive division, a move that comes as the company prepares to spin off the...

Home builders are not feeling confident in a housing market recovery according to a new survey. The National Association of Home Builders released its Housing Market Index on Tuesday. The...