Subsidies and tariffs won't spur a manufacturing revival. True American industrial strength rests on productivity, innovation and competition.

The good news is that the first 20 years of the millennium saw overall increases in economic freedom around the world—with continuous improvement through the second decade. The bad news is that not ...

President Donald Trump’s second term has rocked the boat thus far when it comes to U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia. The April 2 “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariff announcements not only threw the ...

Government shutdowns can be political earthquakes that paralyze Washington, DC. But for the economy, shutdowns are often barely a blip. Whatever economic damage occurs during that time tends to be ...

American industry has been getting a lot of hands-on direction from Democrats and Republicans for quite some time now. Every ...

Consumer and business sentiment is wobbling as fiscal support fades and fears rise that tariffs will lead to higher prices. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The United States economy is ...

Federal agencies said they would not release some key data during the shutdown. The government shutdown halted the release of key economic data, choking off the flow of information as some experts ...

Here’s what to know about the government shutdown and its impact, by the numbers: 43 – Number of days the shutdown lasted, the longest ever. Since 1977, the U.S. government has failed to meet a ...

The new head of the Bank for International Settlements has said reining in hedge funds' ability to make highly leveraged bets ...

Japan's economic revitalisation minister, Minoru Kiuchi, called on the central bank to closely communicate with the ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who advocates a "responsible and proactive fiscal policy," recently pushed ...

TOKYO—Japan’s new finance minister doesn’t see the need to comment on the direction of central bank policy, she said Friday, noting Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s commitment to supporting the economy ...