Economy

Employers added 175,000 jobs in April, a milder pace than in the winter months, though layoffs have remained low and most sectors appear stable.

Fed officials are watching labor trends as they contemplate when to cut rates. But different measures are telling different stories.

North Carolina’s Triad was built on tobacco, textiles and furniture. Now it’s trying to forge a new economy from more highly skilled manufacturing.

Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said that the central bank needed “greater confidence” that inflation was coming down before it decided to cut interest rates, which are at a two-decade high.

March data showed a cooling labor market, but layoffs remain low. The overall trend is likely to be welcomed by Federal Reserve policymakers.

Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for a sixth straight meeting and suggested that rates would stay high for longer.

White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.

Ben Houchen, a regional mayor in the north of England, faces a close re-election race, partly thanks to the broader troubles of Britain’s Conservative Party.

The Better Goods store brand will carry plant-based, gluten-free and higher-end food and could help the retailer attract more affluent shoppers.

High rates usually pull down asset prices and hurt the housing market. Those channels are muted now, possibly making policy slower to work.

Economists are divided over whether the growing amount of federal borrowing is fueling demand and driving up prices.

Stubborn inflation has led traders to forecast far fewer rate cuts by the Federal Reserve than just a few months ago.

Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year.

Places that are not usual sites for the league’s marquee game are jumping at the chance to be the host of its three-day draft.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is in China this week as tensions have risen over trade, security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Middle East crisis.

Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China.

Firms like Experian and TransUnion say it is time for “buy now, pay later” loans to appear on consumer credit reports. The lenders aren’t ready to sign on.

Some experts say the outcome at a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., may be organized labor’s most significant advance in decades. But the road could get rockier.

The measure from a member of the Bloc Québécois would ban changes to the supply management system for dairy, poultry and eggs.