Household debt also exceeds Canada's entire GDP, housing agency data reveals.

Over the last 14 months, the Federal Reserve has taken a deliberate and economically painful approach to combating elevated inflation rates through interest rate hikes. The regional banking crisis and a possible debt-ceiling induced default on US debt could change all of that.

By Lawrence White LONDON Stocks lurched downwards on Wednesday as U.S. debt ceiling negotiations dragged on without resolution,

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Britain gets a read on how

By John McCrank NEW YORK U.S. money market fund assets hit a new record of $5.8 trillion this

By Jamie McGeever A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. An expected interest

Economists are concerned about the $20 trillion commercial real estate (CRE) industry and so is JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Last month, better-than-expected PMI surveys helped

SINGAPORE Asian stocks crept to two-week highs in cautious trade Tuesday, helped by hints of progress toward avoiding

By Jamie McGeever A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Creeping optimism that

BlackRock Investment Institute on Monday said it was moving from "overweight" to "neutral" on credit, saying yields are

Mergers and acquisitions are Wall Street's bread and butter. When companies combine, or one company buys another, it creates opportunities for investors and banks to make money by providing advice or finance for the transaction.