Gather round, members of the Los Angeles Lakers, because the front of the refrigerator has been cleared to make room for your first-quarter report cards and we'd love to see how you did.

Core PCE inflation, which excludes the more volatile costs of food and energy, climbed 3.7% in the first three months of the year, up from the fourth quarter’s 2% pace, the Bureau of Economic ...

The first-quarter data was the “worst of both worlds,” writes David Donabedian, chief investment officer of CIBC Private Wealth. With consumer spending rising less quickly and federal spending ...