The U.S. economy is weaker than it seemed a month ago, and lower interest rates may not be the answer.

Because of greater exposure to disruptions in the Middle East, such as high natural gas prices, businesses and consumers outside the U.S. are being hit harder by the war in Iran.

The US economy was on shaky footing even before President Donald Trump plunged the United States into a war with Iran, a battery of new data released Friday showed.

Voters are moving away from the traditional pocketbook concerns that have shaped past election cycles, a new poll suggests.

The US economy grew at a significantly slower pace than initially estimated for the final months of 2025, government data showed Friday, a major downgrade that comes as fallout from war in the Middle ...

One of the main pillars propping up the US economy — consumer spending — may be starting to crack.

The U.S. economy may no longer be characterized simply by the gap between its biggest winners and struggling losers, but could instead be fracturing into several tiers of financial reality. While ...

President Donald Trump made a passionate defense of the US economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. “Inflation is plummeting, incomes are rising fast. The roaring economy is ...

There is an old Wall Street joke about a man jumping off the Empire State building. When asked at the fortieth floor how he was doing, he replied: “So far, so good”. We have to wonder whether ...

Three new books apply an economist’s lens — and language — to some of our most unruly phenomena, including war and nature itself. By Nick Summers Nick Summers is the former Sunday Business editor at ...