Fed’s top banking regulator Michael Barr confirmed by Senate

The Biden administration saw a key figure of its financial-regulatory team move into place as the…

China’s commodities imports might be close to a bottom, but demand remains soft, says economist

China saw a sharp slowdown in its commodities imports in June as the economy saw a…

Manchin, key to Democrats’ budget deal, sounds inflation alarm after hot CPI report

Sen. Joe Manchin, who’s key to congressional Democrats’ economic-policy efforts, on Wednesday sounded the alarm over…

The biggest monthly rent increase in 36 years is adding fuel to inflation fire

Rent prices are helping to fuel inflation, new government data shows, seeing their largest monthly increase…

Oil prices move up after selloff sends crude below $100 a barrel

Oil future moved up on Wednesday, staging a partial rebound from losses that pulled U.S. and…

Bank stocks are super cheap — even with the risk of recession

(Updated with comment on July 7 from Kathleen Shanley, an analyst with Gimme Credit.) Big banks…

Sen. Hawley called transphobic in heated exchange with Berkeley professor over pregnancy

Sen. Josh Hawley and a law professor from Berkeley engaged in a heated back-and-forth about who…

‘I am freaking out!’ I started investing money with a robo-adviser in September. I’ve lost money. How am I doing? Should I keep going?

Dear Quentin, I recently opened a robo-adviser account because purchasing and picking stocks seems complicated, and…

Uber paid for studies that backed its business model, and is fighting disclosure of current lobbying efforts

Uber Technologies Inc. reportedly paid high-profile academics in the United States and Europe to produce reports…

Home builders slash prices and slow construction as buyers pull back, survey shows

Home builders are feeling jittery. That’s according to a June survey of home builder sentiment by…