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Sizzling returns well may continue, but our columnist suggests that it would be wise to prepare for the next storm.

Even before the latest blazes, California officials warned that an emergency state insurance fund was in trouble, while private insurers dropped coverage.

Top-level data shows a consistent pace of hiring, but other numbers point to weakening in the labor market, with fewer open positions and longer periods of unemployment for job seekers.

Fed officials have signaled that it will take more than one weak report to convince them that the labor market is deteriorating.

Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.

The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.

R. Nicholas Burns, the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing, says the Biden administration is making a final push to urge China to reconsider its tilt toward Russia, Iran and North Korea.

Media outlets reported similarly on the destruction caused by the fires that raced through Southern California. But partisan publications attributed them to very different causes.

The complaint, which arose out of Fox News’s promotion of vote-rigging conspiracy theories after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, is on track to proceed to trial.