For much of the past three decades, globalisation seemed like an unstoppable force. Governments across the world dismantled barriers to trade, investment and finance, betting that ever-deeper ...

The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, “Rethinking Economic Growth,” by Dan Varroney. The United States is the largest and most productive economy in the world, by a wide margin. But ...

U.S. economic activity was little changed in recent weeks, though employment was weaker in about half of the Federal Reserve's 12 districts and consumer spending declined, the U.S. central bank said ...

Beige Book shows businesses reducing headcount Economic activity varied by district, unchanged overall Report comes two weeks ahead of next Fed policy meeting Oct 15 (Reuters) - U.S. economic activity ...

(CNN) - The Congressional Budget Office is warning the United States economy could lose billions of dollars due to the government shutdown. A report finds the shutdown will lower GDP growth for the ...