Economy

The Employment Cost Index measures how much it costs to employ the average worker.

Economists think that a more strained consumer could slow growth in the fourth quarter, and that much of the wealth cushioning higher-income spenders comes from AI-driven stock gains.

Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, died on Wednesday. She was 96.

Buy now, pay later services, which allow buyers to pay for purchases in installments, are becoming increasingly popular — even for basic needs like groceries.

Americans are buying higher quality products, but buying fewer rolls overall.

The Fed, led by Chairman Kevin Warsh, raised its benchmark rate last month for the first time in three years.

Scott Miller, director of the Democracy and Capitalism Lab at the University of Virginia, discusses the new Global Capitalism Index and how deeply intertwined capitalism is with democracy.

Remove the volatile defense and aircraft categories, and durable goods orders have been rising for 10 of the last 12 months.

The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index hit a 12-year low in September. This month, it inched up.

Since the last Federal Reserve meeting, oil prices have surged, and consumer inflation has intensified.