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The federal budget deficit shrank in the first seven months of the fiscal year, according to the Treasury Department, but this full year’s shortfall is likely to exceed last year’s.

For Mother’s Day, MarketWatch asked five economists about the financial lessons their moms imparted.

Is flying solo bad for your health?

Democratic Congressman Wiley Nickel’s remarks came after presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump expressed support for cryptocurrencies — and criticized the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate digital assets.

Wheat futures climbed Friday, with prices on track for their highest finish since August as cold weather looked to threaten production in Russia, which is among the world’s largest producers of the crop.

Kaplan, as head of the Dallas Fed and an FOMC member, was revealed to have been active in the stock market at the outset of the pandemic.

Billionaire investor Jim Simons, a mathematician who founded one of the most profitable investment firms of all time and pioneered the field of quantitative investing, has died at the age of 86.

Also, new index ETFs to help investors narrow their focus and an interview with Maurice Saatchi.

I have seen scores of people build happy and satisfying retirements —money is a small part of it

A top aide to President Joe Biden on Friday cast a battle over expiring tax cuts as a fight for fairness, saying corporations and top earners should contribute more.

Investors will have another way to ride the electric-vehicle sector on Friday, as China-based Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Ltd. is set to go public with a market valuation of more than $5 billion.

Marathon has to boost its uptime to help profits, an analyst notes.