The U.S. jobs market has a “slow leak,” as reflected in the latest weekly data on initial jobless claims, according to Renaissance Macro Research. “The slow leaking higher of unemployment continues,” ...

The Dow Jones rose Thursday after higher-than-expected initial unemployment claims. Nvidia stock sold off, while Tesla reversed higher.

Governments around the world are increasingly intervening in the private sector through industrial policies designed to help domestic sectors reach goals that markets alone are unlikely to achieve.

US industrial production fared much better than expected last month, the Federal Reserve said Friday, rising sharply as aircraft manufacturing rebounded after the end of a strike at Boeing.