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Wealthy buyers and tourism entrepreneurs are acquiring abandoned European villages — school, church and bar included....

Mr. Warsh is known as a consensus builder, skills he will need if he is to head the Federal Reserve when President Trump is demanding rock-bottom rates....

The Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to avoid providing President Trump with a clear recommendation to lead the central bank....

Investors are increasingly souring on the United States, as illustrated by the declining dollar, the stalled stock market and rising government borrowing costs....

Energy experts said that governors and legislatures have tools to keep electricity prices from rising further, and might even be able to lower them....

Kevin A. Hassett had been seen as the front-runner in the Fed race, but his deep ties to the president raised questions about his independence....

The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner....

The world body warned it would run out of money by July and have to close its New York headquarters if countries, namely the United States, did not pay annual dues that amount to billions of dollars....

The New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin, which brought 92 people on trips to the edge of space, will cease flying for at least two years as the company prioritizes NASA contracts....

The president is demanding that the federal government pay him at least $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term....

For more than 30 years, he drew fans for dispensing weekly produce punditry on a New York television station, building on a sales career that began when he was 5....

President Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his nominee to succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. Our reporter Colby Smith explains why the choice matters for the economy....

Test your knowledge of credit cards, buying a home, saving for college or retirement and other things that affect your wallet....

If confirmed by the Senate, Kevin M. Warsh, a former governor at the central bank, will replace Jerome H. Powell, whose term as chair ends in May....

Buffeted by tariffs and trade tensions, Prime Minister Keir Starmer took British business leaders to China and emerged with deals on visas and Scotch whisky, as well as pledges to deepen ties....

Kevin M. Warsh, whom Mr. Trump tapped to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, could face fierce resistance if he tries to pursue substantially lower borrowing costs....

The company's chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X....

The first step, consumer finance experts say, is to ask your card issuer to reduce the rate. And with average balances now $6,500, consider using your tax refund to put a dent in the debt....

The U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified, our columnist says....

Late letters are causing distress to some in Britain and fueling criticism of its 500-year-old postal service....