Economy

Cocoa futures prices have doubled over the past year and hit an all-time high of $5,874 per metric ton on Friday.

Shapiro's first budget proposal disappointed many allies who felt it wasn't bold enough.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but indicated that rates could fall in the coming months if inflation continues to cool.

With the City of Chester facing bankruptcy, the state's top court has given the receiver more power to save it, even if it means bypassing the will of local elected officials.

Shapiro has been eyeing such a strategy since last year, when he told legislators during his inaugural budget address that he was “sick and tired of losing to other states.”

The Senate has approved a stopgap funding measure to keep the full federal government funded until early March. The House is expected to vote later today.

The legislation expands a popular child tax credit and aplies to families with multiple children. It also speeds up some tax breaks for research and development expensing for

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The temporary measure will run to March 1 for some federal agencies whose approved funds are set to run out Friday.

Without support from the most conservative members of his party, Johnson will have to rely heavily on Democratic support to avert a government shutdown.

The deal — which has yet to pass Congress — adheres to the spending levels agreed to by President Biden and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a deal last summer.

The most burning issue for Atlantic City in the new year is likely to be whether state lawmakers approve a measure to ban smoking in the nine casinos.

Hundreds of debt-saddled companies filed for bankruptcy this year, as the era of easy money caught up to corporations. High interest rates mean banks aren't extending lifeline

An influx of $6 million in federal COVID recovery funds is coming to Philly. But a new study shows the progress in the arts sector is uneven.

Economists forecast that the Philly region will see a “soft landing” instead of an abrupt halt to business in the new year.