Economy & Policy

A tax professor argues for replacing the estate tax with an inheritance tax and reforming the federal income tax code to include investment gains.

Friday’s jobs data will be the first on-time employment report since early September. And this week brings earnings reports from Autozone, Best Buy, Marvell, and more.

An insider-trading scheme that caused the Panic of 1792 gave birth to an agreement setting forth the first rules for trading stocks.

Treasuries have taken a lot of flak from Wall Street in recent years, because they stopped behaving like a safe haven. It’s time to show some respect again.

Investors should assess the Middle East conflict carefully before reacting, Matt Gertken writes in a guest commentary.

Oil tankers in the Persian Gulf are diverting to safety in Qatar, and Tehran has launched missiles against U.S. bases in the Gulf,

The June 2025 conflict was brief and limited, but Tehran now sees existential threats and will act accordingly.

With passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025, trusts that were created years ago to shield wealth from onerous federal estate taxes may be unnecessary.

As consumers tire of grain-and-salad meals in a bowl, fast-casual chain Sweetgreen is rolling out salad in wrap. We sent our hungry staffers out to test the prototypes. Conclusion: not bad.

Stocks are falling, inflation is growing, the Fed may be hamstrung. What else could go wrong? At least there are bargains in business development companies whose stocks were crushed.

The AI trade has gotten stretched—and the market has plenty of other things to worry about.

The latest round of financial results is one bright spot that might carry stocks to new highs, despite this year’s turmoil. 

President Trump touted falling prices in his State of the Union address, but the annual inflation rate remains well above 2%, hurting affordability.

Texas Pacific Land and Corning are February’s top S&P 500 stocks, while EPAM Systems and CoStar Group bring up the rear.

For Greenspan’s 100th birthday, veteran Fed reporter David Wessel reflects on the former chair’s time at the central bank.

The producer price index for total final demand rose 0.5% in January, an acceleration from December’s revised 0.4% monthly advance.

The market’s biggest stocks need to come alive if benchmarks are to book a solid first-quarter gain.

Nvidia suffers worst day in almost a year, China gets relief from Trump’s tariffs, Netflix calls it quits on Warner Bros. bidding war, and more news to start your day.

Staff departures at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission represent “a significant weakening” of enforcement, says a group of senators.

Beijing is turning out to be one of the biggest winners from the Supreme Court’s ruling against many of President Donald Trump’s levies.

Democratic lawmakers raise questions about the efficacy of the government’s lone remaining free filing option.

Rare earth company MP Materials has selected the location for its next rare-earth magnet making facility.

After 40 years in the investment business, Jim Paulsen now pens a popular Substack newsletter. He sees a new bull market forming in long-neglected stocks, like small-caps.

The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 5.98% this past week, Freddie Mac said.