The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%.

PM said one option was to back George Osborne’s call, made in an interview with The Independent, to rejoin the EU custom

The new poll shows 40% of likely voters would vote for an amendment to the state constitution that could make congressional gerrymandering easier. Another 35% were opposed, and 25% were not sure.

Sharp increase in interest rate expectations across advanced economies, says Capital Economics

Shortage of biggest supertankers has more than doubled rates on key Middle East-China routes since late August

As airlines are squeezed by soaring jet fuel prices, aviation experts warn of high holiday airfares and a potential government bailout for airlines. 

More than six months after the start of the Iran war, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s oil analysts are stating what many traders have been saying privately for some time: the path to the end of the war is increasingly impossible to predict.

If Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and his fellow policymakers raise interest rates, it would come less than two months before a midterm election that will determine control of Congress.

US 10-year borrowing costs hit three-year high as slumping Saudi production gives fresh impetus to rally in crude prices

The US President’s promise of a national cash payout for a Republican Party mid-term election victory is injecting fresh uncertainties into the Treasury market ahead of a 30-year bond auction, renewing concerns about Washington’s fiscal discipline and erratic policymaking.