For many people, the economy is a simple equation: paychecks minus expenses. When it feels like our incomes are growing faster than prices, the economy is in good shape. When they’re not, it’s lousy.

As voters headed to the polls on Super Tuesday, many voted with one issue top of mind: the state of the U.S. economy. A recent CBS News poll found that 65% of Americans remember the economy under ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

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On the right side, you can see the upper diagonal heading up, while the one on the bottom falls to the ground. Now substitute upper-income Americans for the topmost diagonal, heading up and away, and ...

For much of 2024, it appeared the Federal Reserve had successfully navigated a tricky line, tempering the hottest inflation in four decades while keeping the U.S. economy from sinking into a recession ...

“ON PRESENT policies and performance, the United States is condemned to slower growth than the other main industrial countries for the foreseeable future.” So declared the Competitiveness Policy ...

If the United States’ economy were an athlete, right now it would be peak LeBron James. If it were a pop star, it would be peak Taylor Swift. Four years ago, the pandemic temporarily brought much of ...

The economy's good. The economy's bad. It depends on who you ask — and increasingly which party is in the White House when you ask. It was yet another strong jobs report Friday, exceeding expectations ...

When my battered 1969 Toyota car approached the age of 30, I decided that her body deserved to be remanufactured. After 2 months and 100 hours of work, she returned home in her original beauty. “I am ...

This article covers 7 Command Economy Countries and 7 Others with Big Government Presence, offering detailed insights into the countries with centrally planned economies. You can skip our analysis on ...

At the start of Donald Trump’s presidency in January 2017, the economy was healthy. Employers had added jobs for 76 months straight — the longest hiring streak on record at the time — and unemployment ...