AP Business - Economy

Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data showed it fell behind the size of Germany’s in 2023

Japan's economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany

Japan's economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany

Diamondback Energy will buy rival Endeavor Energy Resources in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $26 billion to create a drilling giant in the Southwest United States

Diamondback Energy will attempt to buy rival Endeavor Energy Resources to create an energy giant in the Southwestern United States worth more than $50 billion

Just a quarter of business economists and analysts expect the United States to fall into recession this year

Israel's finance minister has slammed a decision by the financial ratings agency Moody’s to downgrade Israel’s credit rating

Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza has also wreaked havoc on the Palestinian economy in the West Bank

From Wall Street traders to car dealers to home buyers, Americans are eager for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates and lightening the heavy burden on borrowers

Stocks held near record levels on Wall Street as evidence kept piling up to show the job market remains remarkably solid