Two controversial proposals by the United States during the renegotiation of NAFTA were rejected by Canadian and Mexican leaders, according to sources from each country.
Gary Cohn, President Trump's top economic adviser, worries about how reliant the financial system has become on clearinghouses -- the middlemen that ensure the smooth execution of trillions in complex transactions.
New travel documents provided to the agency's inspector general shows that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin flew to New York aboard an American Airlines flight on the morning of August 15.
Venezuela missed five small debt payments last week. It owes much more soon. Lately the Venezuelan regime is blaming delayed payments on sanctions imposed on it by the Trump administration.
A new paper from the chief White House economist asserts that a drop in the U.S. corporate rate to 20% could result in higher paychecks for typical Americans.
President Trump signed an executive order on health care that would make it easier for small businesses to form groups to buy insurance. But it could destabilize Obamacare by luring away younger and healthier consumers.
President Trump claimed Wednesday that, "in one sense," the stock market rally since his election reduces the $20 trillion national debt. That's not how it works.
Tax reform in the U.S. The economic crisis in Venezuela. Nuclear threats from North Korea. These are just some of the monumental challenges facing global finance ministers and central bankers as they gather in Washington this week for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.