Morgan Stanley's midyear outlook sees 2.3% US GDP growth in 2026 but warns the consumer is losing ground. Here is the key ...

When financial pressure builds, consumers tend to ditch high-end purchases and turn toward bargain retailers ...

Today, economists are looking forward to this week's inflation report and Federal Reserve officials are quiet during their ...

First quarter GDP grew at 2%, slightly below the expected 2.3%, as equipment investment in AI and computers along with consumer spending led growth.

U.S. jobless claim applications rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite elevated inflation and other ...

May 14 (Reuters) - Inflation is the biggest risk to a U.S. economy that has shown "remarkable resilience" in the face of ...

In 2021, historian Gabriel Winant authored a remarkable book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America, that told the story of both 20th-century Pittsburgh ...

When it comes to economic mobility, America is now falling behind other countries. “The American Dream is alive and well—and living in Copenhagen,” Michael Sandel, a well-regarded Harvard professor, ...

For the greater part of the last decade, the United States and China have been locked in a cold war, fought as fiercely over economic and technology advantages as over military advantages. In ...

Around the world, nations stand at a crossroads. Whether they choose the path of economic freedom — as President Donald Trump is doing in the United States — or socialism will determine not only their ...

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