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The long-term surge in foreign-currency reserves held by central banks is beginning to come to an end. Global foreign exchange reserves declined to $11.6 trillion…

Workers’ wages have picked up in March, but there is no sign of a large increase in their acceleration. Average hourly earnings in the private…

The Conference Board, a private interest group, said that its index of consumer confidence increased to 101.3 in March, up from 98.8 in February. This…

A recent Wall Street Journal article looked into how U.S. regulators, in recent weeks, have been focusing in on Wall Street boardrooms as the U.S.…

Overall, house prices are rising in the U.S., but homeowners are falling behind in many American cities. In 21 of the largest 50 U.S. housing…

Central banks have recently created a great deal of volatility in foreign exchange markets. The Fed reiterated its message on Wednesday that it will not raise…

Traditional economic theory suggests that savers would rather hold cash than lose money by leaving it in a bank. Positive interest rates benefit both savers…

Just a few weeks ago, Wal-Mart announced that it would raise the wages of 500,000 of its employees to $9 per hour by April and…

The Fed has continued to insist that they will begin raising interest rates in the near future, as early as this spring. However, 30-year fixed…