ECONOMY

European Union and U.K. Union Jack flags hang at a meeting for U.K. citizens living in Germany to discuss the implications of the proposed "Brexit" from the EU.

Circle June 23. A Vote That Day In The U.K. Could Affect Your Wallet

1:12pm June 10, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Most economists say an upcoming vote to determine the United Kingdom's role in the EU is a big deal. The so-called Brexit vote might upset trade deals, financial markets and currencies, they argue.

A Puerto Rican flag hangs from the balcony of a house in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on May 1.

House Approves Bipartisan Bill To Address Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis

9:57am June 10, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The bill, which still needs to be approved by the Senate, would appoint a seven-person board that could restructure the territory's debts. Puerto Rico owes more than $70 billion.

Economy

Why Are Prime-Age Workers Disappearing From The Job Market?

6:19am June 10, 2016

Economists want to know why prime-age workers, people 25-54, aren't working. Mary Louise Kelly talks to David Wessel of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

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George Soros, founder and chairman of Soros Fund Management, speaks during the 2011 forum

Billionaire Investor George Soros Sees Economic Trouble Ahead

3:14pm June 09, 2016

by Chris Arnold

The last time the hedge fund founder started making big defensive investing moves was right before the worst financial crisis to hit the U.S. since the Great Depression.

Bust Times In Oil-Rich Venezuela: 'The Banks Don't Have Money To Give Out'

1:42pm June 08, 2016

New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey talks about life in Venezuela, where the collapse in oil prices has caused shortages of everything, including water, electricity, medicine and cash.

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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, shown here at a hearing in March, claims many of the provisions in Dodd-Frank have hurt the economy.

Economy

Influential GOP Congressman Wants To Replace Key Bank Regulations

8:57pm June 07, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling is aiming at rules created after the 2008 financial crisis. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls the plan a "wet kiss" for the big banks.

Union organizers, students and supporters for a $15 an hour wage march in Pittsburgh in April. Washington, D.C., is the latest city to move toward the wage increase.

Washington, D.C., Is Latest To Raise Minimum Wage

6:44pm June 07, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Lawmakers unanimously approve a measure hiking the hourly minimum wage to $15, pending ratification. The District joins a growing number of cities and states raising pay for some lower-wage workers.

A farmer handles a bag of Syngenta's bean seeds on a farm near Johannesburg, South Africa.

U.S. Lawmakers Scrutinize China's Bid To Buy Agrichemical Giant Syngenta

6:38pm June 07, 2016

by Jackie Northam

Although Syngenta is a Swiss company, it does more than a quarter of its business in the U.S. So the U.S. government is reviewing whether the sale will be a threat to national security.

Steel stacked up at a steel products market on Monday in Yichang, Hubei Province, China.

U.S. Workers Are Skeptical, But China Says It Will Restrain Steel Output

5:57pm June 07, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

At the end of a two-day meeting, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to work on reducing the world's steel glut. But U.S. companies and workers said they were skeptical that China will really act.

China's President Xi Jinping (right), chats with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center), and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew during the joint opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues in Beijing on Monday.

A Rocky Time In U.S.-China Relations As Leaders Meet In Beijing

10:32pm June 06, 2016

by Elise Hu

They are the two largest economies in the world, and increasingly interdependent. But as leaders gather for high-level talks in Beijing, tensions have flared on several fronts.

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