WSJ Economy

Industrial production declined unexpectedly in February, with the energy-price shock from the conflict in the Middle East expected to hamper output further.

Gov. Anna Breman said her immediate objective was to get inflation back to the midpoint of the central bank’s 1% to 3% inflation target.

As childbearing shifts toward women 30 and older, the U.S. is moving further below the level needed to keep growing.

Americans, already unhappy with the cost of living, want relief from rising fuel costs and climbing mortgage rates. Economists caution that the war’s economic fallout won’t be undone overnight.

Minutes from the Fed’s March meeting showed officials continued pushing back their expectations about when inflation might resume a decline toward their 2% goal.

Early 2026 has seen some particularly big analyst misses, and they are adjusting to more volatility.

Volumes were down 0.2% on month compared with flat growth in January, a little weaker than the decline expected by a consensus of economists.

The Reserve Bank of India governor said the monetary board had judged it prudent to wait and see how growth and inflation develop.

Manufacturing orders climbed 0.9% in February, recovering a little from the 11.1% slump in the first month of the year.

The Detroit company and other carmakers are reeling after a domestic supplier went offline, but the administration hasn’t budged.

Federal Reserve governor Philip Jefferson pointed to shifts in employment data that suggest the job market may no longer be weakening as it was in 2025.

An aging population and Trump’s immigration crackdown have pushed a key labor metric to a half-century low, excluding the pandemic. That has some economists nervous.

Demand for U.S. durable goods declined in February from January, according to delayed data published by the Commerce Department Tuesday.

The move comes as markets brace for China’s first full inflation print since the war began in late February.

Their careers spanned the personal computing, internet and smartphone waves. But some older workers see AI’s arrival as the cue to exit.

Goldman Sachs looked at decades of worker displacement in fields hit by new technology.

Inflation pressures facing U.S. services firms were the greatest in four years last month as the war in Iran pushed up energy prices, a survey of managers found.

The JPMorgan Chase CEO said the threat of Iran must be addressed while economic risks from prolonged conflict remain.

We spent a day listening to voices from the nation’s economic front line—the gas pump.

Investors mistakenly think the oil shock will push central banks to tighten policy.