NBC News’ latest Decision Desk Poll asked Americans about a litany of political topics from President Donald Trump’s ...
Tariffs haven’t tanked the economy. In fact, GDP in the second quarter reached its strongest quarterly growth in nearly two ...
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.
The fortitude of the world economy is an eye-opener. Tariffs haven’t resulted in the recession widely feared when US ...
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has expressed concern over the so-called "K-shaped" economy the U.S. is experiencing.
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 ...
If America’s economy has a prosperous holiday season, the data suggests, we’ll have rich folks to thank. The top 10% of earners now account for roughly half of all consumer spending, according to a ...
A windfall for companies that build data centers and their suppliers is overshadowing weakness in other industries. By Ben Casselman and Sydney Ember In Nevada, a summer of weak international tourism ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there ‘is no risk-free path’ as the central bank tries to keep inflation low and stable while promoting healthy labor markets. Photo: Sophie Park/Bloomberg ...
For most of 2025, the job market was described by economists as "no hire, no fire" — a stretch of time when job seekers faced slim prospects, but workers could count on job security. But that fragile ...
Germany's economy appears to have had a robust start to the fourth quarter of 2025 based on current indicators, even as business expectations and consumer sentiment somewhat deteriorated, said the ...