Finance
Climate Change May Bring New Era of Trade Wars, as E.U. and U.S. Spar
WASHINGTON — Efforts to mitigate climate change are prompting countries across the world to embrace dramatically different policies toward industry...
Walmart Raises Starting Wages for Store Workers
Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, is significantly raising its starting wages for store workers, as it battles to recruit...
Tech Layoffs Continue as Shares Fall and Interest Rates Rise
“High rates are painful for almost everyone, but they are particularly painful for Silicon Valley,” said Kairong Xiao, an associate...
Inflation Is Cooling, Leaving America Asking: What Comes Next?
Martin Bate, a 31-year-old transportation planner in Fort Worth, spent the middle of 2022 feeling that he was “treading water”...
Families Struggle as Pandemic Program Offering Free School Meals Ends
Like other parents, April Vazquez, a school nutrition specialist in Sioux Falls, S.D., is cutting coupons, buying in bulk and...
How the U.S. Government Amassed $31 Trillion in Debt
WASHINGTON — America’s debt is now six times what it was at the start of the 21st century. It is...
What Happens Next in the D?
The United States hit a limit this week on how much money it can borrow, forcing the Treasury Department to...
Fed Rate Increases Have ‘A Ways to Go,’ Top Official Says
Other top economists and global central bankers have been voicing similar concerns about inflation’s potential staying power, including during panels...
New Orleans Port Expansion Shows Optimism on Future of Global Trade
NEW ORLEANS — The pandemic-era collapse of supply chains spurred speculation that globalization was on the decline, as companies vowed...
White House Aims to Reflect the Environment in Economic Data
Skepticism about including environmental considerations in economic and financial decision-making remains in the United States, where conservatives have disparaged investing...
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