A weak jobs number just popped the S&P 500. The longer-term picture is more complicated.

The US financial system has been shaped by hundreds of years of laws enacted to finance wars, cure financial crises, and settle issues raised by political movements. For over 100 years of the nation’s ...

Economist Peter Schiff is challenging President Donald Trump’s claims of historic economic strength, pointing to record-low ...

Data-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing.

United States economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2026 amid a growing deficit and increasing inflationary pressures. US gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.5 percent between April and ...

US Economy Expanded at Sluggish 1.5% Pace in Second Quarter, on Par With Earlier Estimate WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June. But consumer spending ...

Is America’s economy soaring because of or in spite of President Donald Trump’s policies? How you answer that question may say as much about your own political biases as it does anything else. But let ...

Market vet Jim Paulsen is warning of more weakness for the US economy ahead. The longtime strategist unveiled a new gauge that tracks the tightness of financial conditions. The gauge is currently in a ...

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President Donald Trump has cheery news for Americans who think they're struggling financially right now – the United States currently has the "best economic numbers … in the history of our country." ...

Despite skyrocketing gas prices, the US economy was remarkably resilient this spring.

The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed jobs in July amid headwinds caused by elevated inflation and uncertainty over the Iran war's economic impact. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday reported ...