The U.S. economy didn’t get any better during the longest government shutdown in history, but the good news is that it ...

Upper-income Americans are doing better, while low- and moderate-income households are falling behind. Why does that matter?

Weakness among lower-income Americans could spread and "contaminate" other parts of the US economy, El-Erian warned.

The six-week government shutdown that came to an end late Wednesday will be another drag on an economy already facing many ...

President Donald Trump swept into office with a bold plan to remake America’s economy. But the realities of a persistent affordability crisis, low favorability ratings and biting election losses for ...

Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market.

A growing number of Fed officials have been warning that inflation remains “too high” and could derail progress toward the ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Tom Standage, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and ...

The European Union as a whole had a trade surplus of 22.2 billion euros with the U.S. in September, above a 6.5 billion euro ...

After Leavitt’s briefing, the White House clarified that September’s jobs report, for which data was collected before the ...

China's factory output and retail sales grew at their weakest pace in over a year in October, piling pressure on policymakers ...

Small business owners are staying optimistic — three-quarters expect revenue gains despite ongoing labor shortages, inflation ...