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In this Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 photo, a sold sign is posted outside a house in Long Beach, Calif. Freddie Mac reports on mortgage rates for the first week of September on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Housing less affordable as mortgage rates rise in anticipation of Fed action

Zach Halaschak · February 20, 2022 10:30 am

The worldâs least efficient coal plants need to be phased out by 2030, and any remaining plants in use by 2040 have to be equipped with carbon capture technology, the International Energy Agency said.

Biden looks to pressure investors away from fossil fuels via climate disclosures

Zach Halaschak · February 18, 2022 12:00 pm

The challenge of taxing investment amid high inflation

The challenge of taxing investment amid high inflation

Tim Worstall · February 15, 2022 12:00 am

In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy.

Facebook sees biggest drop in market value ever on news it lost users

Zach Halaschak · February 3, 2022 2:22 pm

Facebook suffers biggest one-day value drop of any US company in history

Facebook suffers biggest one-day value drop of any US company in history

Zach Halaschak · February 3, 2022 12:00 am

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 posted their first quarterly decline since President Trump took office.

S&P 500 closes out worst month since start of pandemic

Zach Halaschak · January 31, 2022 9:05 pm

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Phyllis Arena Woods works on the floor, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points Monday as financial markets buckled in anticipation of inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and fretted over the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

S&P 500 enters correction territory before ending up on day

Zach Halaschak · January 24, 2022 9:16 pm

A coin representing Bitcoin cryptocurrency in the U.K.

Bitcoin worth less than half what it was in October as markets drop

Zach Halaschak · January 24, 2022 3:57 pm

Four stocks boosted by pandemic shutdowns that are now plunging

Four stocks boosted by pandemic shutdowns that are now plunging

Zach Halaschak · January 22, 2022 12:00 am

Bitcoin plunges to six-month low as investors fret Fed rate hikes

Zach Halaschak · January 21, 2022 3:44 pm

President Joe Biden faces controversy over his approach to spending and inflation.

Biden inflation and economic woes unlikely to be fixed in time for midterm elections

Zach Halaschak · January 21, 2022 11:30 am

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Out with the Jetta, in with the Bentley

Timothy P. Carney · January 21, 2022 4:00 am