A day after Harley-Davidson reported weaker quarterly earnings, the famed motorcycle maker got a warning that its debt ...

Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of the consumer-price index for January and its implications for the economy and markets.

Social Security’s cost of living adjustment for 2027 could be as low as 1.2%, marking the lowest COLA in a decade, as new ...

A broad-based rally was helping to push the S&P 500 higher on Friday, even as several of its most influential stocks remained ...

Major U.S. equity indexes were swinging between gains and losses in early going on Friday, while the small-cap Russell 2000 ...

Gold and silver prices were edging higher early Friday after a reading on consumer inflation came in more tame than expected. Gold was up 1.3%, to about $5,014 an ounce, while silver was 4.3% higher, ...

Applied Materials stock rallied 12% as the chip-equipment maker forecast over 20% growth this year, helped by AI-fueled ...

The small-cap Russell 2000 was once again outperforming its larger rivals on Friday after the latest inflation report helped ...

Two surprises in the January CPI jump out: one good and one bad. The good news? The cost of goods, omitting food and energy, was flat. These are goods such as steel, computers, toys, auto parts and so ...

January has often delivered nasty inflation surprises, even before the pandemic. How come? One old reason, and one new. January is the month many businesses raise prices for the entire year. Think ...

Payrolls will matter more than inflation in defining the forward path for interest rates, but today's CPI report won't be ...

Investors are pushing back hard against Big Tech’s aggressive artificial-intelligence spending plans, causing shares of the “Magnificent Seven” companies to fall dramatically.