The federal debt continues to grow, topping $39 trillion this month. Like a shopper who buys more than he earns every week, the nation's credit card bill is compounding. Just paying the interest now costs more than every other government program except Social Security.

The cost of flying, for example, is probably going up.

Airlines used to do some financial magic to keep airfare down as oil prices increased, a strategy called "fuel hedging." But they stopped. Now fliers are on the hook for a lot of the difference.

Israel says it has killed the commander of the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The commander is said to be responsible for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

The executive director of the International Energy Agency says the impact has been worse than the two 1970s energy shocks combined.

A murky corner of the financial world is now the fastest-growing source of funding for small businesses. One state, Connecticut, had given these lenders unusual power. That may be about to change.

The program provides incentives to those who invest in economically distressed areas.

On Monday, several traders bet hundreds of millions of dollars on oil contracts shortly before President Trump announced the postponement of U.S. strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure.

Some of President Trump's policies, the latest being the war in Iran, are testing his support among farmers who are being burdened with higher costs.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. is not in a period of stagflation.