AP Business - Economy

U.S. stocks rose to more records after a report on the job market bolstered hopes that interest rates may soon get easier

The American job market likely cooled last month while still remaining fundamentally healthy, which would be welcome news for the Federal Reserve in its drive to fully tame inflation

America’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in June, adding 206,000 jobs and once again displaying the U.S. economy’s ability to withstand continually high interest rates

U.S. stocks are hanging around their records after some weak reports on the economy kept the door open for possible cuts to interest rates later this year

Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting

U.S. job openings rose slightly to 8.1 million in May despite the impact of higher interest rates

A measure of prices that's closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease

Trump and Biden tangle over the economy in their opening exchange, trading barbs over inflation, jobs and tax policy

The American economy expanded at a 1.4% annual pace from January through March, the slowest quarterly growth since spring 2022, the government said in a slight upgrade from its previous estimate

A rebound for Nvidia is helping keep U.S. indexes close to their record