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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the major deflation periods in U.S. history, from the 19th century’s Long Depression to the impacts of the Great Depression and Great Recession.

Americans may not feel it in their wallets, but two major measures of economic well-being improved in 2025, as the nation's poverty rate fell to a historic low and inflation-adjusted median household ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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