These five charts illustrate trends in important industries that help track reopening progress in the U.S.
If we are going to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars, let's do it to treat the cause of our economic illness, not just the symptoms, writes Mick Mulvaney.
It now expects MENA economies to contract 5.7% in 2020. In April, it predicted that the region would shrink 3.3% for the year.
Cases continued to hit record levels across the U.S. over the weekend as a number of hot-spot states continue to see Covid-19 deaths gradually rise, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Like a windstorm toppling a hollowed-out tree, SARS-CoV-2 didn't cause the current recession so much as it exposed how rotten things already were.
The market is excessively optimistic due to the rise in prices over the past three months and that the cycle in gold is mature and thus ready to...
The U.S. is still knee-deep in the first wave of Covid-19. What does it all mean for the gold market?
The silver market appears ready to blow its top, much like a pressure cooker whose relief valve stopped functioning even as the heat and pressure continued to build.
The gold futures contract is now trading just 100 points below the 2011 all-time high at $1,900.
Politicians of all stripes are so desperate to keep their house of cards together that they're putting their faith in Federal Reserve counterfeiting. The era of government omnipotence is ending.
I’ve argued that we’re in a new depression. The depth of the new depression is clear. What is unclear to most observers are the nature and timing of the recovery.
US continue falling for over a decade now...mirroring Japan's domestic demographic and import/export realities.
Second quarter 2020 came and went like a California wildfire. The economic devastation caused by the government lockdowns was swift, the destruction immense, and the damage lasting. But, nonetheless, in Q2, the major U.S. stock market indices rallied at a record pace.
The Trump administration wants to cap the benefits in the next stimulus bill so that workers don't receive more in unemployment than they did at their jobs, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said.
Since the March lows, the markets have rallied on the assumption of a "V-shaped" economic recovery. However, the threats to the bullish thesis have grown.
Who knows, when, if ever, the Venezuelans will see their gold. But you can be sure they won’t be investing with the Bank of England any time soon.
"We are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. You never know how things will turn out"
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) late Thursday declared a state of emergency in Salt Lake City following tense demonstrations that saw protesters square off against Salt Lake City police.
The Lebanese pound has lost 80% of its value since last October.
"We have never seen this extent of eviction in such a truncated amount of time in our history," housing expert Emily Benfer said.