Josh Boak

WASHINGTON—This isn't explained in Econ 101. Month after month, U.S. hiring keeps rising, and unemployment keeps falling. Eventually, ...

WASHINGTON—In June, when oil cost $107 a barrel, U.S. employers added a healthy number of jobs — 267,000. ...

U.S. home prices rose in October at a slower pace, as real estate sales have fallen and affordability ...

WASHINGTON—Russia's suddenly escalating financial crisis risks spilling beyond its borders and endangering parts of the global economy. With ...

WASHINGTON—Nearly 20 percent of U.S. consumers with credit records — 42.9 million people — have unpaid medical debts, ...

Around the country, areas with the strongest job markets increasingly have some of the costliest homes. And areas ...

U.S. services firms expanded at a faster pace in November, a signal that overall economic growth should remain ...

President Barack Obama's expansive executive action on immigration is good for the U.S. economy — just not as ...

A sudden plunge in mortgage rates this week raised an urgent question for millions of Americans: Should I ...

It could be an awkward reunion. Three top former government leaders who devised the 2008 financial bailouts are ...