Dan Greenhaus of BTIG splashes some cold water on the idea that Washington is going to sail through the upcoming budget thicket:  Not unimportantly for stocks on Friday and in front of today’s inauguration ceremonies, Republicans emerged...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government’s borrowing limit. Yet they’re torn over how or even whether to raise it, leaning toward Republican demands that any...

Chinese inflation data for December will be out 8:30 p.m. ET.  Analysts polled by Bloomberg are looking for consumer prices to rise 2.3 percent year-over-year (YoY), from 2 percent in November. They also expect producer prices to...

China is looking at two days of crucial data releases that should give investors a better idea of the extent of the Chinese slowdown. Between August 9 – 10, China will be out with consumer price, producer...

Bloomberg’s top ranked economists at forecasting the monthly non farm payrolls report expect the labor market expanded by 110,000 positions in July. That’s marginally above consensus estimates for a 100,000 print, and a tad above Business Insider’s...

After the Fed failed to act today, all eyes are on the European Central Bank which will release its monetary policy decision tomorrow. Markets will be watching to see if ECB president Mario Draghi will stand by...

Investors are anxiously waiting for the Federal Reserve to make its latest monetary policy decision today. While many were hopeful that the Fed would make proactive moves to bolster what it calls a “frustratingly slow” recovery, general...