Economics

Betsey Stevenson, a professor at the University of Michigan and a former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, told me that when she hit her mid-40s, she had an “aha moment.”“I was thinking, It’s so great having gotten to this…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addressing a news conference last night Photograph: US…

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The stock market was tumbling—again—Tuesday, with the S&P 500 back in correction territory following a massive turnaround Monday. All eyes were on the Federal Reserve as its two-day monetary policy meeting begins.In afternoon…

“The latest trading update from Ryanair, covering the last three months of 2021, was always likely to show strong growth on a year-on-year basis given the comparative quarter saw some of the tightest Covid restrictions. “However,…

Text size It has been a bumpy week on Wall Street. Ed…

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Text size Wall Street trading will return in force Tuesday.…

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr delivered Tuesday his farewell address to Congress, speaking nearly a minute for each of his 28 years as a legislator — 10 years in the House and 18 in the Senate.The Winston-Salem Republican used…

Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock Just in: Microsoft is buying computer…