In December, inflation cooled to the slowest rate of increase in more than a year, leading some to think the Fed will raise interest rates by just 25 bps late this month.

As price increases seem to have passed their peak, the next big question for the U.S. economy will be how far—and how fast—inflation will fall.

Whether via audit or some other review process, it's not uncommon for employers to discover that a plan failure has occurred. Most errors are resolvable.

U.S. and European investors' holdings of assets controlled by Chinese companies but issued offshore are worth nearly three times as much as direct investments in companies registered in China.