United States stock market futures plummeted after US President Donald Trump’s recently announced trade tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, while almost half a trillion dollars exited crypto markets ...

Earlier today, we learned that former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew himself as a candidate for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Summers was long considered one of the top two or ...

Because of its domestic economic importance, this article begins with a discussion of oil and natural gas, then moves on to copper. Speculators ("specs") in the futures markets have increasingly ...