Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics. said the impact on the economy and financial markets will be limited if the federal government shutdown lasts just a week or two. Many federal ...

President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff plan was largely expected to impact the US economy’s first-quarter performance as companies loaded up on imported goods ahead of higher levies. But what few ...

Only America’s most confident economic bulls will have remained upbeat this far into 2025. Any flickerings of optimism that survived the tariff chaos of spring and this summer’s growth slowdown will ...

President Trump fired the head of the BLS, claiming manipulated jobs numbers after a report of slowed hiring. While revisions were more dramatic than usual, these numbers are always revised. WSJ ...

There are two economies in the U.S. right now, and they are moving in different directions. For high earners and many older Americans, the economy looks robust. They are still spending like ...

President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve should cut its policy interest rate to 1%. A policy rate that low would typically mean the economy is in bad shape and needs help, with a higher rate of ...