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A first-in-the-nation proposal in California to tax billionaires could test voters' appetite for levying a wealth tax on the ultra-rich

Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market, families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America’s wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years, a government report released Friday said

The top trade envoys for China and the European Union are wrapping up two days of talks aimed at calming escalating tensions over growing imbalances between the two giant economies

Mortgage rates marched higher for the seventh week in a row, driving the average long-term U.S. home loan rate to its highest level in nearly three years

PepsiCo is reporting better-than-expected revenue in the third quarter despite lackluster North American demand

A British court has quashed the convictions of five traders accused of manipulating benchmark interest rates, in a scandal stemming from the 2008 financial crisis

The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest ...

Thousands of Brazilian students have marched in Rio de Janeiro against the possibility of Flávio Bolsonaro winning the presidency

Most Federal Reserve officials expect that another interest rate increase will likely be needed this year to combat inflation, minutes released Wednesday from the central bank’s most recent meeting showed

World shares have retreated after U.S. stocks hit all-time highs, lifted by expectations of fat corporate earnings