Pound-for-pound, the human brain is the body’s most metabolically costly organ, consuming 20% of our energy and accounting for an outsize portion of our anatomy compared with most other animals.

WSJ economics reporter Konrad Putzier explains how the government shutdown is adding more uncertainty to an already fragile U.S. economy. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty ...

Crucial reports on U.S. inflation, job creation and unemployment are set to be delayed a week or more due to the government shutdown — and there’s even a danger that some inflation reports might not ...