Gold fell to a near three-week low as the U.S.-EU trade accord lifted the U.S. dollar, while investors awaited fresh cues on interest rate policy from this week's Federal Reserve meeting.

America’s birth rate has plunged to its lowest level ever, with the CDC reporting fewer than 1.6 children per woman in 2024.

New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman.

Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

A proposed trade deal with Japan gave Wall Street the excuse it needed to keep stocks moving upward, despite problematic earnings reports and manufacturing data.

NEW YORK — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few ...