President Donald Trump wrapped up his first year in his second term. Here's how inflation, the job market, tariffs, and ...

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The federal shutdown — one month long and counting — has an obvious economic impact for government workers who aren’t receiving paychecks and food aid recipients who could lose their benefits Nov. 1.

The United States is living through an economy that defies the usual labels. Growth is neither roaring ahead nor collapsing, yet households and investors are wrestling with a mix of resilience, strain ...

The puzzle holds high stakes for the U.S. economy as the calendar turns to 2026. Shoppers flexed their strength over a recent three-month stretch, powering the fastest quarterly U.S. economic growth ...

American consumers in December remained downbeat about the state of the economy, a new survey shows. The Conference Board, a nonprofit group representing businesses, said Tuesday that its consumer ...

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a ...

President Trump bragged Tuesday that his tariffs were responsible for the “great” surging US economy. Trump took the victory lap just after the Commerce Department announced the economy had grown at a ...

Something in the US economy isn’t adding up, and it’s rattling the people charged with wrangling inflation and keeping the labor market intact. US companies have sharply slowed their hiring this year, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the ...

South Korea’s economy contracted quarter-over-quarter in the final three months of 2025, yet still met the central bank’s ...