Federal debt now exceeds $38 trillion with interest payments becoming major government expenditures. Economic analysts say rising debt levels typically result in slower wage growth and reduced ...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, Oct. 29, 2025. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to lower the target range for ...

Cases of children with high blood pressure have doubled in the last two decades, according to a new study published in The Lancet Childhood & Adolescent Health An estimated 114 million children, ...

With the chances of a December rate cut by the Federal Reserve now roughly the same as a coin toss, rate-sensitive parts of the stock market have come under pressure. The Russel 2000 index of ...

Global rates of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in childhood and adolescence have nearly doubled since 2000, putting more kids at risk for poor health later in life. “In 2000, about 3.4% of boys ...

What’s worse for car insurers: a trade war or a price war? Consumers might like the answer, but investors probably won’t. Back in February, insurance groups began warning that stiff import levies ...

After weeks of anticipation, the Federal Reserve trimmed its benchmark interest rate today, dropping the benchmark rate by another 25 basis points, marking its second rate cut of 2025. The move, which ...

Mortgage rates were effectively unchanged on Thursday with the average lender very close to the best levels in over a year. But when it comes to the underlying bond market and the rates available to ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday signaled a cautious approach to future interest rate cuts, setting up a sharp contrast with other central bank officials who are calling for more urgency ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell moved markets on Wednesday with his comments on the central bank's recent interest rate cut, prompting a sell-off in bonds that could send mortgage rates higher.

Most of us have put the pedal to the metal a few times, and some of us have paid the fines as a result. Sadly, speeding-related crashes represented 29% of all traffic fatalities in 2021, according to ...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced Wednesday that the Federal Reserve would lower its federal funds rate target—the interest rate that banks charge each other to borrow overnight—by ...