When financial pressure builds, consumers tend to ditch high-end purchases and turn toward bargain retailers ...

For a decade after the global financial crisis of 2007-09 rich-world productivity growth was, by historical standards, dead.

First quarter GDP grew at 2%, slightly below the expected 2.3%, as equipment investment in AI and computers along with consumer spending led growth.

Today, economists are looking forward to this week's inflation report and Federal Reserve officials are quiet during their ...

For the first time in three years, Americans’ wages are no longer outpacing inflation.

From homebuilding to trucking, major parts of the US economy are in deep trouble. The weakness could drag the whole country into a recession.

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased more than expected in April, pointing to labor ...

Real GDP increased at an annualized rate of 2% in the first quarter of 2026, just below the forecast.

Chris Nassetta said lower-income consumers could soon benefit from falling interest rates and growing tech investment.

When it comes to economic mobility, America is now falling behind other countries. “The American Dream is alive and well—and living in Copenhagen,” Michael Sandel, a well-regarded Harvard professor, ...

Around the world, nations stand at a crossroads. Whether they choose the path of economic freedom — as President Donald Trump is doing in the United States — or socialism will determine not only their ...