Median U.S. household net worth hit a record high in 2022—but the 30-year climb was bumpy, and some families still haven’t ...

This is the introduction to a bonus edition of Checks and Balance, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing exclusive ...

Trump v. Slaughter is a big win; Trump v. Cook is embarrassing given the posture of the case as explained in the dissents.

Four major events explain why millennials handle economic crisis with hard-won composure and clear-eyed financial habits. The ...

Millennials have been through a lot in their short lives. And according to an economist, there are certain huge, once-in-a-lifetime events they've had to overcome that have made them so resilient.

It has long been debated what ended NASCAR’s golden age in the 2000s. Some point to the abandonment of the full-season points ...

Alan Greenspan was revered in the 1980s and 1990s for supporting the stock market, but retrospective views cloud his legacy.

As early as 1662, the physician and statistician William Petty asserted a cycle of “dearths and plenties” every seven years. In the 20th century, Nikolai Kondratiev had his “long waves.” Simon Kuznets ...

The Wall Street Journal Free Expression associate editor Mary Julia Koch joins 'Varney & Co.' to discuss Gen Z's embrace of analog hobbies, the 'crush recession' and more. Mary Julia Koch from The ...

Fears of a recession have been looming, and economist Stephanie Pomboy has been sounding the alarm that one has been coming for months. "There's a lot of pain ahead of us, both for the economy and ...

It's 2026, and things feel bad. The world economy is on the brink of an AI bubble-influenced crash, we're at war in the Middle East again, and car payments are hitting some concerning levels — at ...