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UK Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to exit the European Union has hit a wall. What happens now?

A recent paper examines the motivations behind Xi Jinping's corruption crackdown and arrives at a surprising answer.

Trade makes for peaceful relationships between nations, but gains for consumers and workers aren't spread evenly.

How the trade war with China is playing out on one peanut farm in Georgia.

Jobs: Is the economy creating enough of them? Are they paying more than they used to? Do people have the jobs they want? All this and more.

Small towns in rural areas across America are seeing a regeneration to advance technology, jobs and economic prospects.

Economist Lisa Cook examined how race riots, lynchings, and segregation at the turn of the 20th century reduced the number of patents filed by African-Americans.

For years after the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve kept short term interest rates near zero percent. It began raising rates in 2015 — but did it jump the gun.

How the invention of the government bond saved a bunch of mid-level politicians from certain death and became one of the most important pieces of financial technology the world has ever seen.

The Federal Reserve has hit its inflation target. Now comes the hard part - staying at two percent.