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Many isolated pockets of the U.S., like Thief River Falls, Minn., have a surfeit of jobs. Such “job islands” are a telling aberration from a national workforce still weighed down by stagnant wages and other signs of slack. [...]

A measure of U.S. consumer prices fell in January from a year earlier, marking the first annual decline in more than five years and potentially complicating the calculus for when the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates. [...]

A decision by a major credit-rating firm to downgrade to junk status the debt of Petróleo Brasileiro is stoking fears that Brazil’s sovereign rating could be [...]

The number of Americans seeking first-time unemployment benefits rose last week, but the broader trend suggests a steadily healing labor [...]

Demand for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded last month, suggesting the economic recovery remains on track while also hinting at sluggish business [...]

Ukraine’s central bank drastically limited access to foreign currency and Russia threatened to halt gas [...]

The Greek government, scrambling to secure another tranche of funding, agreed to make tax collection a priority. But prodding its citizens to pay up has been one of the country’s most difficult [...]

European Union authorities said France must adopt significant additional budget-deficit cuts over the next three years to bring its government finances in line with EU [...]

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen came under fire from Republican lawmakers who charged she had politicized the central bank, allegations she rejected in her most acrimonious congressional hearing in a year as Fed [...]

Sales of previously owned homes slowed in January, a reflection of the rising prices and tight supplies that could constrain the housing market this [...]

Home prices in 2014 saw yearly growth slow to the weakest pace in three years, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index report released [...]

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, sounding upbeat about the economy, started laying the groundwork for interest-rate increases later this [...]

Consumer prices across the European Union fell in January at the fastest rate since records began in 1997, increasing the risk that the 28-member bloc will slide into [...]

Greece’s government pushed back a list of awaited reforms that its eurozone partners had demanded in exchange for continuing to fund the country for another few [...]

Economists say nation is likely to suffer first back-to-back decline in GDP since [...]

The central bank moved to calm panicky currency markets after the hryvnia plummeted to a new low against the dollar, while the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine showed more signs of [...]

Switzerland’s decision last month to lift the cap on the franc is disturbing everyday transactions in the country’s border [...]

The dollar rose against the euro and edged higher against other currencies on Monday ahead of testimony Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen will provide to Congress on the U.S. economy and interest [...]

The Outlook: The more oil prices fall, the more people can afford oil, an effect that can goose demand and ultimately help push prices back [...]

U.S. government bonds strengthened Monday as a disappointing U.S. housing report boosted demand for haven [...]

Economists say a harsh winter in much of the U.S. has yet to have a big impact on the economy, noting that last year’s widespread storms had more of an [...]

Columnist Jo Craven McGinty looks at how policy makers’ definitions of where the middle class ends fail to account for differences in purchasing power, and why that [...]

The delay in reforming the nation’s housing-finance system is presenting policymakers with an uncomfortable reality: The terms of the bailout could lead to a new [...]

The White House has a new tack for dealing with rising deficits: try to boost the workforce and its productivity in the hopes of muddling through the surge of retirees that will strain the social safety net for the next 20 [...]

A boost in income tax receipts in January led to the strongest U.K. government budget surplus in seven years, a sign the outgoing coalition is likely to meet its fiscal targets ahead of the general election in [...]

A visiting U.S. congressional delegation pressed Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a bold market opening amid growing expectations that an agreement can be reached for creating a free-trade area across the [...]

The U.S. Treasury’s top financial diplomat signaled the administration would oppose lawmaker efforts to include in trade legislation enforceable sanctions against countries that manipulate their [...]

Loans to consumers with low credit scores have reached the highest level since the start of the financial crisis, driven by a boom in car lending and a new crop of financial [...]

Federal Reserve officials held detailed discussions in January on the timing and pace of interest-rate increases, though they stopped short of agreeing to specific plans, according to minutes of the meeting. [...]

Capital Account: WSJ columnist Greg Ip finds that supply-side troubles have replaced demand problems as the biggest threat to the U.S. [...]

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, the latest sign of improvement in the labor [...]

Although the rate of inflation is slowing, a sharp decline in retail sales and a drop in real wages indicated that Russian consumers are bearing the brunt of the economic [...]

Eurozone finance ministers have tentatively scheduled a meeting on Friday to discuss a request from Greece to extend its bailout, but they will only meet if the request eases their concerns, European officials said. [...]

Japan’s exports continued to rebound in January while imports shrank, as the yen’s sharp fall and the nation’s powerful manufacturing industry helped the country deal with a weak domestic [...]

U.S. inflation gauges are sliding toward negative territory for the first time in more than five years. But the oil-fueled tumble in prices is far from the kind of growth-sapping episodes of deflation that tend to worry [...]

Builders slowed new-home construction last month after a brisk December, pointing to uneven demand in an otherwise slowly recovering housing market. [...]

U.S. industrial production increased slightly in January but not enough to offset December’s decline, indicating the sector is off to a slow start in 2015. [...]

Americans took out more loans as the year ended—up $117 billion, to $11.8 trillion, in the 4th quarter—yet also showed signs of having difficulty keeping up with their auto and student-loan [...]

A measure of home-builder confidence dipped in February, a sign that the housing sector may continue to face headwinds in [...]

The White House said it would intervene in stalled labor talks at West Coast ports, sending the Labor secretary to meet with both parties and urge them to complete a new contract and avoid further [...]

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester is joining a chorus of central-bank officials who want to take a tentative step toward raising short-term interest rates at midyear by altering their pledge to be “patient” before making a [...]

Talks over how to keep Greece afloat broke down abruptly, demonstrating a wide gulf between Athens and its European creditors and heightening uncertainty over Greece’s future in the [...]

Japan’s economy pulled out of a recession in the fourth quarter of last year, but weak domestic demand pointed to further challenges ahead for Prime Minister Shinzo [...]

China recorded strong inflows of foreign investment capital in January despite slower economic growth, as services and high-end manufacturing lured investor interest, government data [...]

Prices of imported goods posted their biggest drop in six years in January, more evidence that plunging oil prices have tamped down inflation in the [...]