President Trump preaches 'Buy American and Hire American' often, but there's one big problem: Consumers care about low prices a lot more than where something is made.
Trump needs to stay focused on tax cuts and regulatory reform, argues Bush's top economist, Glenn Hubbard. 'The earlier the better on tax reform,' Hubbard says.
A confirmation hearing for President Trump's labor secretary pick, Alexander Acosta, was pushed back a week because the chairman of the committee overseeing his confirmation is traveling with Trump to a rally in Nashville.
In a letter to two Republican House committee members, Anthem's CEO said the insurance giant approves of parts of the GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, but says more must be done to stabilize the markets.
Health savings accounts are poised for a major expansion by Republicans in Washington, D.C., and that could mean millions more customers ? and fees ? flowing to a handful of companies.
Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. might hold separate trade talks with Canada and Mexico. Mexico's economic minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, said all talks should happen with all three countries present.
The United States will be at its borrowing limit by March 16, so Treasury will start to use accounting measures to "temporarily prevent the [country] from defaulting on its obligations," Treasury Secretary Mnuchin told Congress.
Bond guru Bill Gross of Janus is concerned that Donald Trump's plans to stimulate the economy won't work as well as hoped. He also compared the current environment to 2008.
The bull market in stocks turns eight years old today. It's the second-oldest market upswing in history and a series of recent milestones have led retail investors to finally start believing in it.