Fixed mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest point of the year, offering incentive for homeowners to save money by refinancing their loans.

Oil dropped below $100 per barrel after an international energy watchdog expresses "serious concern" about the negative effect of higher prices on the global economy.

The West Virginia State Law Library will hold a free workshop on surviving credit card debt.

Tennessee Valley Authority ratepayers in June will pay slightly more due to an increase in fuel cost, and a spokesman said the utility's use of pricier replacement power due to the devastating tornadoes and storms will be in bills starting in July.

The fund that helps out-of-work West Virginians while they seek jobs has avoided going broke.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says that if Republicans insist on passage of their budget plan as a condition for approving an increase in the nation's borrowing limit, they will be responsible for the consequences.

Oil is rising just before the government releases its weekly inventory report.

Average gas prices have fallen about 1.5 cents across West Virginia this week, continuing their drop after more than a month of steady increases.

A new government report estimates that the big spending bill passed into law last month will cut the deficit by $122 billion over the next decade, less than half what senior lawmakers predicted.

Oil prices are falling after factory production and new home construction declined in the U.S. last month.

A survey on customer satisfaction finds that Sprint Nextel Corp. now has the happiest subscribers, along with long-time leader Verizon Wireless.

Premier Financial Bancorp says it's won Federal Reserve permission to pay more than of $834,000 in dividends to the U.S. Treasury.

Fewer homeowners are making late payments, or no payments, on their mortgages.

U.S. homebuilders are concerned that the struggling housing market won't recover in the near future.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling Congress that he will halt investments in two big government pension plans Monday to allow the government to continue borrowing money for the next few months.

The high price of gas has economists rethinking their U.S. economic growth forecasts for this year.

Oil is falling as fears ease that Gulf Coast refineries may be affected by flooding.

The government says that a bad economy has shortened the life of the trust funds that support the nation's two biggest benefit programs.

Vice President Joe Biden says bipartisan talks to tame the nation's growing national debt can achieve "a significant down payment" on the $4 trillion in deficit reduction that many have identified as a minimum goal for the next decade.

A national report says West Virginians who receive unemployment benefits through debit cards pay some of the highest fees in the nation.

Consumers paid more for gas and food in April, pushing inflation to its highest level in two and a half years.

Oil rose slightly after the dollar weakened against the euro and other currencies.

The top Republican in the Senate says it'll take cuts both to agencies' budgets and to long-term spending on programs like Medicare and Medicaid to win his vote to permit the government to keep going into debt to meet its obligations.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed will unveil new regulations this summer that would protect the U.S. economy from another meltdown.

Oil fell to its lowest point this week Thursday after a European energy agency said weaker U.S. consumption would pull down global demand.