Government spending amounts to the central planning of precious resources by politicians. Worse, it amounts to the warping of ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently indicated that the Fed has refrained from lowering interest rates due to ...

Social Security, a bedrock of American retirement security, is in deep trouble. Born during the Great Depression as a way to ...

It seems $100,000 is a good benchmark for prosperity: it’s something to strive for that is within reach when the average Illinois salary is $69,020. Apply that amount to taxpayer-supported ...

Populist rhetoric on housing has devolved into nonsensical policy suggestions. Nowhere is this more evident than in FHFA director William Pulte’s move to open the floodgates to millions of unwor ...

President Trump seems to think financial markets are perfectly happy with his tariffs and open to his more aggressive approach, because stocks keep hitting all-time highs.

Summer only just began last month, yet 96 percent of the U.S. population has already faced at least one extreme weather alert ...

Increased demand for Treasury bonds will give Congress breathing room, but without fiscal discipline it will only make the ...

Today’s announcement by President Donald Trump that America’s biggest companies are investing $90 billion to turn Pittsburgh ...

The day is setting up as a lackluster one for stocks, as more earnings head our way. The bond market got jolted on Tuesday ...

There’s no retirement crisis. Those promoting the notion that Americans don’t have enough money to retire will eventually ...

Critics ask "Where's the Beef," but America is "Lovin' It." Capitalism means you can "Have It Your Way." And so can ... Read ...