US Business

Travel demand returned more sharply than expected, and too many flights can mean more difficulties when things go wrong.

Employers competing for low-wage workers are offering signing bonuses, bigger raises and perks previously reserved for white-collar employees.

The move by VF, which also owns Vans and Timberland, shows the difficulty brands face in catering to Western consumers and China.

As the U.S. and its allies chase China in procuring critical minerals essential for modern technologies, they face a major hurdle: a lack of companies and projects with an established record.

The world’s central banks are hanging on how the Fed will respond to a rise in inflation, wary of being caught in the crosscurrents of an extraordinary U.S. economic expansion.

The Biden administration wants to raise tax rates on investment profits for the highest earners. Some Americans who aren’t in the top tier would be affected as well.

Concerned about falling birthrates, policy makers are planning a further shift toward policies that explicitly encourage childbirth, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the economy is seeing more inflation than he and his colleagues had expected, and that could lead to a rate increase late next year.

Sports-vehicle maker Polaris is changing its manufacturing and sales strategies on the fly to meet strong demand while coping with shortages of materials and parts.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes almost all of the world’s most sophisticated chips, and many of the simpler ones, too. Its dominance poses risks to the global economy, amid geopolitical tensions and a major chip shortage.